PGC building collapse: A tragedy and a search into night for survivors
The PGC building after the February 22, 2011, earthquake. Earlier that day, at 12.51pm, the city was shaken sharply and violently by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake. After the shaking stopped, Richard Hooper, who worked south of the city, immediately headed to the daycare centre where his two young daughters – Aimee and Keily – were. After the September quake, Hooper and his wife, who worked as an account manager for Marac Finance, decided the daycare, near Bealey Ave, would be their meeting point if another quake happened. Christchurch earthquake victim Amanda Hooper died in the P...
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