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The 2005 Kashmir Earthquake

              FRIEND: Do you remember the 2005
                Kashmir earthquake?                          TraCk 73
              MALALA: Yes, I do! How could I forget?!
              FRIEND: Where were you?
              MALALA: I remember that one fine day in October, when I
                was still in primary school, our desks started to tremble
                and shake. Our classes were still mixed at that age, and all
                the boys and girls yelled, “Earthquake!” We ran outside
                as we had been taught to do. All the children gathered
                around our teachers like chicks swarm to a mother hen.
              FRIEND: Are you used to earthquakes?
              MALALA: Yes, we are because Swat lies in a geological fault
                line and we often have earthquakes, but this felt different.
                All the buildings around us seemed to be shaking and the
                rumbling didn’t stop.
              FRIEND: So, you knew it would be more severe than other
                earthquakes.
              MALALA: Well, I guess I did, even though it took me a while
                to realize how bad it was.
              FRIEND: What did you do afterwards??
              MALALA: Once the shaking had stopped we were all sent
                home. We found our mother sitting on a chair. She was
                relieved to see us and hugged us, tears streaming down
                her face. But the aftershocks kept coming all afternoon, so
                we remained very scared.
              FRIEND: When were you able to understand the
                devastation?
              MALALA: We saw the effects of the earthquake on the
                TV news and it was overwhelming.












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