Uribarren and his mountain group had just arrived in Marrakech when the earthquake occurred. They spent the night on the street. This morning in Euskadi, Irratia talked about the difficult times they had to go through.
The elantxobearra Lur Uribarren He is a mountain guide and has experienced the mountains first hand earthquake that last night shook Morocco, since it was in Marrakech. He had arrived there the day before with the mountain group and the quake surprised them as they rested in the hotel.
According to Euskadi Irratia, when they noticed the quake, they ran out of the hotel, “with everything they were carrying” and went to a large square in the center of Marrakech, together with hundreds of citizens. They were “very scared”: “We thought the hotel was going to fall on us; we didn’t know if it was an earthquake or an attack.” He says that “the team has been good”, we all did well and we calmed each other down, but the chaos was enormous. People running, people screaming, families looking for the children.” The flow of ambulances has been constant at night and, according to Urribarren, is still the case now. “It Was Crazy”.
They were not allowed to enter the hotel until sunrise to search for their belongings. When they came in this morning, they were stunned by what they saw. They found cracks and broken glass everywhere.
Source: EITB
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