From ENS-
The mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand, has vowed that the iconic Anglican cathedral in the center of that earthquake-ravaged city will be rebuilt "brick by brick, stone by stone" because "we need to find some symbols like that."
Bob Parker told the Dominion newspaper that in the wake of the Feb. 22 magnitude-6.3 quake that struck very near Christchurch "we will have to take some bold steps."
On the fourth day after the quake, emergency workers were preparing to begin retrieving an estimated 22 bodies from the ruins of the cathedral. Tourists were in the building at the time, many or most of them in the collapsed tower.
An unnamed search and rescue expert told the New Zealand Herald that a camera lowered into the damaged nave found no signs of life.
"No sound, nothing," he said.
He estimated that stone and rubble filled the building to a height of around 65 feet.
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http://www.episcopal-life.org/79425_127293_ENG_HTM.htm
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