Tourists on Kos unnerved by quake after two die in bar

Record ID: 903591

  • Title: Tourists on Kos unnerved by quake after two die in bar
  • Date: 21st July 2017
  • Summary: KOS, GREECE (JULY 21, 2017) (REUTERS) ANCIENT COLUMNS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE / IN BACKGROUND, DESTROYED TWO-STOREY BUILDING THAT HOUSED A BAR WHERE TWO PEOPLE DIED, COLLAPSED GREY ROOF DESTROYED BUILDING WITH COLLAPSED ROOF WHERE TWO TOURISTS DIED EXTERIOR OF COLLAPSED BUILDING THAT HOUSED THE BAR WHERE TWO PEOPLE DIED / RUBBLE ON STREET IN FRONT OF IT TOP FLOOR OF DESTROYED BUILDING EXPOSED STEEL RODS AND WIRES COMING OUT OF TOP FLOOR VARIOUS OF RUBBLE AND PIECES OF BROKEN FURNITURE ON STREET AROUND BUILDING PEOPLE WALKING ON MAIN SQUARE IN OLD TOWN OF KOS, DAMAGED OTTOMAN-ERA MOSQUE COMPLEX CORDONED OFF IN BACKGROUND DAMAGED STONE ROOF OF MOSQUE COMPLEX BUILDING/ GREEK FLAG IN BACKGROUND BENT SUPPORTING STONE COLUMNS AND DEBRIS ON THE GROUND BENT STONE COLUMNS (SOUNDBITE) (English) TOURISTS FROM SCOTLAND, JANET AND GRAHAM MCKINLEY, SAYING: "It's a horrible feeling, we've had that before, it's just scary, you don't know what to do, you don't know if you should go outside or stay where you are, we just stayed where we were." GRAHAM MCKINLEY SAYING: "We just stayed where we were, because it didn't last too long." JANET MCKINLEY SAYING: "There was a rumble a wee while later, a couple of hours later, but the ground was unsteady, you could feel it, you could feel it moving. It was quite scary." BENT SUPPORTING STONE COLUMNS AND DEBRIS ON THE GROUND (SOUNDBITE) (English) TOURISTS FROM LONDON, U.K., DAWN AND BRETT FORD SAYING: "And then we heard glasses coming off our shelves, we heard all the bathroom glass smashing in the living room, so we got up and you were swaying from side to side, literally, yeah wow... swaying from side to side. And then we heard obviously the rest of, some people screaming in the apartments, babies and children screaming, so ... and then it was over." PHARMACY ON STREET VARIOUS OF TUBES BOXES OF MEDICINE LYING SCATTERED ON PHARMACY FLOOR VARIOUS OF BROKEN PAVEMENT ALONG PORT PROMENADE CORDONED OFF RAISED PAVEMENT OF BROKEN OFF PROMENADE VARIOUS OF BROKEN PROMENADE PAVEMENT CORDONED OFF VARIOUS OF COLLAPSED STONE WALL OF CHURCH, RUBBLE ON GROUND, CROSS INSIDE CHURCH DAMAGED CHURCH WALLS DAMAGED WALLS, RUBBLE AND DAMAGED FRESCOES ON INTERIOR OF CHURCH KOS, GREECE (JULY 21, 2017) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS OF PARKED CARS COMPLETELY CRUSHED BY COLLAPSED BUILDING AND BURIED IN DEBRIS VARIOUS OF CRUSHED CAR SURROUNDED BY RUBBLE KOS, GREECE (JULY 21, 2017) (REUTERS) KOS GENERAL HOSPITAL GREEK AND EUROPEAN UNION FLAGS OUTSIDE HOSPITAL VARIOUS OF MAN INSIDE HOSPITAL PUSHING A BABY STROLLER
  • Embargoed: 4th August 2017 16:38
  • Keywords: Earthquake tourists killed Greek holiday island of Kos tourist hub of Bodrum
  • Location: KOS, GREECE
  • City: KOS, GREECE
  • Country: Greece
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016QNTXZB
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