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Sad story of the earthquake in Turkey, Syria

by Christian Narkiewicz-Laine, President and CEO of the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design

Posted 5/16/23

GALENA– On Tuesday, February 7, at approximately 4 a.m., when residents were sleeping in their beds, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked southern Turkey and Syria, unleashing mass chaos, …

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