Rescuers, firefighters, policemen, soldiers and volunteers searching for survivors in a flattened building in Mexico City on Wednesday, a day after a strong quake hit central Mexico. In an outpouring of sympathy, thousands of volunteers from all walks of life, including businessmen in ties, have joined professional rescue teams to search among the mangled remains of homes, schools and offices in Mexico City. The government was so overwhelmed by the magnitude of the disaster that citizens took matters into their own hands, organising teams of diggers, tunnellers, rubble removers and the like.

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