On Wednesday, an eight-story building housing five garment factories and 2,500 workers collapsed in Savar, Bangladesh, killing more than 120 and trapping an unknown more in the concrete and rubble. In the aftermath, desperate rescuers hacked through the debris with earthmovers, drilling machines, and their bare hands in attempt to find survivors, while devastated relatives came to seek their loved ones among the rubble and rows of dead.
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Rescuers carry a survivor out from the debris of a building that collapsed.
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Rescue workers and locals join in the effort to search for survivors.
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Bangladeshi relatives stand around dead bodies pulled from the site of a massive building collapse.
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Two family members tearfully mourn a victim of the disaster.
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Hundreds gather to watch and lend a hand to the rescue efforts at the site of the collapse.
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In a scene resembling an earthquake's aftermath, civilian volunteers pick through the rubble in search of survivors.
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Victim's bodies are inspected by relatives seeking their loved ones among the ruins.
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A young man cries in anguish after seeing a relative in the rows of dead bodies.
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