'The mountain was coming down on me' recalls Ecuador landslide survivor
A muddy patch of land is the only thing thing left of where Danilo Paredes's house once stood. A landslide devastated his neighborhood in Banos, in a tourist region of southern Ecuador, leaving at least seven people dead, including six members of his family.
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00:00This is the bus that takes you to the bus stop.
00:07The bus stops here.
00:12The bus stops here.
00:17The bus stops here.
00:22The bus stops here.
00:27The bus stops here.
00:30We were running.
00:33My mother and sister were behind me.
00:36My nephew died here, in this part.
00:40Those of us who ran died.
00:43I was saved for a few seconds, because I ran a little more.
00:49The wall saved me, because there were stones everywhere.
00:55It was huge, the whole mountain on top.
01:20This is the bus that takes you to the bus stop.
01:25The bus stops here.
01:29The bus stops here.
01:32The bus stops here.