L'Aquila - The Italians are talking about the wonders of L'Aquila. More than 30 hours after the devastating earthquake rescuers have recovered alive a 98-year-old woman.
The old lady said that she had passed the time by crocheting while she waited for help under the rubble. The ANSA news agency reported.
Meanwhile, the number of dead has risen to 207th Said Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Slightly more than 1,000 people were injured, according to Berlusconi, 500 were still in hospital on Tuesday, 100 of them in serious condition. The approximately 7,000 state rescue workers hid in the region according to him 150 people alive from the rubble.
The coordination center of the rescue workers, the work is still ahead at full speed. However, under difficult conditions. After midday Tuesday rocked more than 280 aftershocks, some severe the region.
With temperatures around freezing, the survivors spent the night in their cars on a large parking lot. Other earthquake victims were housed in barracks, stadiums and gymnasiums, and many fled from the disaster area and sought accommodation with friends or relatives.
The government announced to set up more camps, including field kitchens. The hotels in the region willing to put more than 13,000 beds for sufferers.
Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi thanked the countries for the many offers of help, support declined from though. The Italians were "a proud people" and would cope alone, he said.
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