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Carolyn Taylor met her parents at Christchurch airport on the morning of Feb. 22, 2011.

She had persuaded them to visit her in New Zealand where she had been travelling for several months. They dropped their bags at a hotel and toured the downtown area of Christchurch before they settled in for lunch at an Indian restaurant, the Raj Mahal.

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They heard the earthquake before they felt it: a low rumble that turned into a roar.

They knew this was no small earthquake when the road outside began to ripple, and then the wall of a building across the road collapsed.

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