1985: Heroes among Ruins

The triumph of the people over devastation

"1985: Heroes among Ruins" is a reflection of disaster. It is about the human solidarity, the search and rescue and the importance of civil protection, but above all, the triumph of the people over devastation during the earthquake of September 19, 1985 in Mexico City and the one ocurred in September 19, 2017.

2022

1h 27min

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Luis Arturo Chávez Villaseñor
Coord.de P. Civil FOVISSSTE; rescatista en 1985 Méx.
Serge Kluczny
Entrenador canino y rescatista en el terremoto de México de 1985
Gra. Brig. D.E.M. Guillermo Briseño Lobera
Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (SEDENA)
M.C. Patricia Alarcón Chaires
Investigadora de la Univ. Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
Héctor Méndez Rosales "El Chino"
Fundador de la Brigada Internacional de Rescate "Topos Azteca"
Enrique Szczupak Zemelszteren XE1GQ
Radioaficionado
Isaac Oxenhaut Gruszko
Coordinador Nacional de Desastres de la Cruz Roja Mexicana
MVZ. Fernando Ortiz Rouzaut
Fundador de CORPZ México (Corp. de Profesionales en Zootecnia)
Romás Ruiz Jiménez
Miembro de la Brigada Internacional de Rescate "Topos Azteca"
Dr. Víctor Manuel Vázquez Flores
Fundador de Kan-Rojo Rescate Canino
Prof. Shizou Watanabe
ExDirector del Liceo Mexicano Japonés (Sección Japonesa)
David M. Lewis
Presidente de R4 Incorporated
Manuel Valdés
Habitante de Coyuca de Benítez, damnificado inundaciones 2013
Miguel Ángel Agulled Cervantes
Entrenador canino
Juan Manuel Araujo Valles "Batallosito"
Miembro de la Brigada Internacional de Rescate "Topos Azteca"
Tte. Col. Art. D.E.M. Iván Ramos Ortiz
Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (SEDENA)

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