Mexicans Risk Their Lives to Salvage Belongings From Quake-Damaged Buildings

L: A crack splitting an apartment building in Mexico City on Sept. 23, 2017, after an earthquake hit the area on Sept. 19; R: People stand by the belongings retrieved from the apartment building. Anthony Hoffman

Driven out of their homes by an earthquake, many Mexicans now return to damaged buildings to retrieve their belongings, despite the risk of the structures collapsing on top of them.

The Sept. 19 earthquake (magnitude 7.1) caused over 300 deaths and collapsed over 40 buildings in central Mexico.