Takes the child to baptize, earthquake collapses the church, causing the death of 11 members of one family (Video/Photo)

Eleven members of a family suffered tragic deaths during the baptism of a child when a church roof collapsed during the powerful earthquake that rocked central Mexico on Tuesday. Local police officials said the only survivors of this disaster were the father of the two - month - old baby, the priest's priest and assistant, reported [...]
Local police officials said the only survivors of this disaster were the father of the two-month-old infant, priest and deputy priest, reported “Daily Mail”, Periscope broadcast.
This fatal occasion has occurred within the Roman Catholic Church of Santiago the apostle, located in the isolated city of Atzala in the state of Puebla.
At least four minors were among the dead, including the two-month-old girl who was baptized within the church.
It was a terrible scene, I was saddened to see all those dead people”, said priest Lorenzo Sanchez's assistant to “The Associated Press”.




He said that those able to survive moved to the edges of the church when the roof of the object began to descend.
When the earth came to a halt, people called for help by using loudspeakers and community residents soon arrived at Atzala with shovels, pickers, and chains to remove the ruins.
They dug for hours through the ruined remains of Santiago's Apostolic Church, but found that 11 members of one family had died tragically.



Two months old Elideth Torres de León, who was to be baptized; her sister, Maria, 8 years old; and the mother of the girls, Manuela de Leon Garcia, 27, are among the victims.
Each coffin had an attached name: Florencio, Fidela, Aurelia, Manuela, Maria de Jesus, Carmen, Samuel, Azucena, Felicia, Susanna, and Elideth é to be baptized.
A relative who lost many family members in this tragedy said he was “destroyed”.


The city of Atzalla, which has a population of about 1,200 people primarily earn their lives through agriculture, is located just 20 miles [20 km] from the age of the terrible earthquake.
The quake of Tuesday's 7.1 magnitude focused on the state of Puebla, where more than 40 people were killed. More than 248 people have died in Mexico so far./Periscopi/










