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debris
possessions
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1. Chin and his father felt like they were buried alive under the
as people ran away because of the fire.
2. When the earthquake started, their
started to scatter in
their apartment as Chin and his father dropped to their knees.
3. Many buildings in Chinatown were
on landfill, meaning that
the soil underneath them had been put there by people.
4. At the onset of the earthquake, everything
, and things fall
off of the shelves and tables.
5. Ah Sing and Chin's room begins
them as the building flattens
and crumbles.
6. The old
,or apartment building, creaks and groans noisily
because it has been poorly maintained.
7. Dirt, rock, and
had been dumped along the shore of the bay
because of the earthquake.
8. Beneath Ah Sing and Chin
crack like sticks as one side of the
room tilts upward.
9. As Chin and his father determine how they could try to dig out, his father
pushed at the
around them.
10. There was a big
of plaster near Chin's head so he groped with
his hands to see if he could break it apart.