Reduced to rubble in a ‘blink’


Holding out hope: Relatives of workers in the collapsed building waiting as rescuers search for victims, in Bangkok. — AP

A construction worker told how he cheated death when a Bangkok skyscraper collapsed “in the blink of an eye” after a massive earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand.

Tearful family members gathered at the remains of the 30-­storey building, which crumbled to rubble in just seconds on Friday, clinging to shreds of hope that their loved ones who were working when it fell might be found alive.

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