Seconds after the 22nd feb Christchurch Earthquake - EXCLUSIVE in the CBD

[sthandlpsrocker2]

Never fforget the day that my sister just started her job in the cropthorne she had to get swang to the stairs I though she was dead :(

[shinlord00000]

@sthandlpsrocker2 What kind of Job? if you know what i mean.

[bestthingsRfree]

1.32 "life is beautiful"

[ajcruz123]

2 people just got hit by the earthquakes

[BiggerThinking1]

Does New Zealand realize that Japan building codes use timber and flexible steel - not bricks and mortar - which crumble like cookies when vibrating.

[FerretKibble]

@BiggerThinking1 Thank you. Here in NZ, we remained utterly unaware of such building methods, and that is why all of New Zealand is covered in VICTORIAN ERA brick buildings just like those that turned out to be above an unknown faultline.

[pinalo2009]

a friend of mine was hospitalized after being stabbed and experienced NDE's, and all i see is white like the inside of a fluorescent daylight lamp, all blank, but now he survived that ordeal

[good2btheking]

o mi gosh is all i can say.

[Jumpycarl3]

Feb 22 :the secoud earthquick came to my bro ayman thank god he is alive we where proud that he got down the table and the walls but again and again eartquicks are coming to his step family on NZ

but thank god that he survive =D

[johorean88]

June 2010, i was in chch during winter uni break. i remembered me and my mates checked-in at Cokers at Manchester St. (if i'm not mistaken), rode the trams and avon river punting, and visited the Canterbury Museum and the Chch Cathedral. it was really sad to know that the chch cathedral was badly damaged when the Feb 22 quake struck. i wonder if Cokers survived the quake. :(

[NZ4GW]

@johorean88 Sadly Cokers was damaged and closed by the September 2010 quake and the February quake finished it off.

[UBOC720]

this is like a Movie

[KeltotheSea9797]

1:37

"life is beautiful" xox

[Tashi4eva625]

i will never forget this day, and yet we and ANOTHER shake the otha day lyk da 4th earthquake or sumfing, =;( KIA KAHA!!! (be strong)

[spookmax1]

Thanks for sharing your video........... was a dark dark day for ChCh, and the violent ground beneath us...... one day i will NEVER forget the devastation and carnage of our city, and the lost souls :(

[91humm]

Scary man, when you zoom in on 1.26 on the building, it has the words "Life is beautiful,"

[crimses]

i cant imagne how you must have felt and your loved ones not knowing whether you where alive or not....

[ACommonCourtesy]

That's unbelievable footage.

CHC is sooo lucky nothing cracked open, spilt and exploded or we could have been looking at almost all the city fringe suburbs being decemated in a matter of minutes as well as the tragedy in the CBD.

[J3ro19]

REALLY MAN!!?? U are still in the building?

[AOGWiiClan]

This happened on my birthday, Febuary 22, 2011

[jh4dc5s]

Easy Target.

[olllj]

time to change the name to spagettichurch.

[KillKarmaKill]

That building where you were asking if people were in there, my moms friend was but she escaped, luckily she was the only one in there at the time.

[Hackerhawiti]

I remember it like it was yesterday

I was near the place where the buildings had collapsed on the buses,

all I could hear was a woman's scream

I can forget the damage, forget it all

but that piercing scream..

that's something that will haunt me until my dying day

god be with us..

[ShorifAndiMev2010]

2:03 is that chuck norris's wife's breast implant

[azis1100]

Next quake, somewhere, Sept 26th.

[TheGrandMasterOfECW]

I remember at the time of the actual quake I was laughing with my mates at school. It didn't feel too big.

[dannirenee123]

I was in Waipara at the time with my school and we still felt a bit of it

[Familygirl316]

never heard about this in my state we only hear news about china and the U.S

[youngfreeze121]

yeah that 22nd feb quake was pretty violent i was walking threw jelly park chch drunk as with a few mates and that shit was CRRRAAAZZZZY no remorse just violent shaking and i seen people scatter and the road open up and the gutters fill with water alarms going off everywhere truly a adrenaline pumping day

[Jobo912]

I'm from just out of Chch, but wasnt there that day, left for Dunedin the day before. It's so surreal to me, but to see what you saw gives me that little insight into the heartache Chch will hold forever more. thank you

[KelseyW7015]

I was at school which is in Darfield and I was just going through the canteen and I felt it but thought meh just another one I went home and watched the news so horrible. RIP to loved ones Lucas I miss ya!! :'(

[FatalityShadow16]

at least now they have a giant cereal bowl 

[Hollyjanewhite]

hey, I was still trapped underground when you shot this in the old anz. The girl and two guys in the video pulled me out. They said they remember your face. Thanks it really helped my family understand to an extent something I can barely describe. glad you are safe and well and hope everything is coming together for you.

[SpooceDan]

@Hollyjanewhite Oh wow Yea I heard from some friends about you being stuck under there, So glad your alright. Things are getting better.. all the best

[pocolypz09]

@Hollyjanewhite trapped underground stuff that. hope you all good. i only got hit by a piece of falling rubble but thats me. now getting trapped is a completely different story. much love, be safe and we will most deffinately rise as one

[MiZSupernatural23]

0:43, Was that Rowan Strang...? well at least hes ok

[cayennepepper2010]

so how did looking up nazi zombies get me this far

[FatalityShadow16]

@cayennepepper2010 because this was caused by nazi zombies

[AllAboutLOVEatYuToob]

The devestation is so evident in this video...thank you for posting it.

[Tokiohotel192]

Watching this just reminds me of what happened on that day, never been so scared in my life..

[ShadeDekata]

I was in this earthquake. never before had i felt such terror. I remember my Dad saying my house was ruined and that people were dead when he brought me back from school. I am so sad about what has happened to my home and city. There was a magnitude of 5.3 tonight and we only got power back on about an hour ago. I was in the supermarket and everything fell off the shelves and all i thought was

"Oh God. Another one."

Japan, all of my prayers go to you, hope that we don't get another big one! xxx

[jimybo20]

This is powerful footage.

[abe213]

That 'Life is Beautiful' tag on the side of the wall almost made me cry when i watched this. Nature has a sick fucking sense of humour

[mrsTimbob]

Watching scenes like these, it's so hard to comprehend. I'm going to be in Christchurch in a couple of months. I'm a little nervous. Not because of the earthquakes themselves, but because I will be facing the harsh reality of life. We all face events that impact our lives, such as this one, which has effected so many around the world. For me, it is yet another stark reminder that we only live once.

Be strong Christchurch. Be strong Japan.

[Oilisdeathtomany]

I'm looking at my city and I can't get my head around it. This is my home and I know it like I know myself. And yet, I can't make sense of this. I love so many of these buildings, and to see the cupola off the old ANZ building lying in the middle of Lichfield street? It's mad. I'm struggling to comprehend what I am seeing.

[littlepoppitnz]

this is just in chch btw...

[littlepoppitnz]

about 180-182. nothing to the scale of japan but devasting enough

[jonathanmoreno1000]

@littlepoppitnz more trouble will happen this year.this is the year of the illuminati.watch how powerful they are.they are pure power.and they are killing many.most will be dead by 2013.

[littlepoppitnz]

almost a month later its still upsetting to see town like this

[jonathanmoreno1000]

@littlepoppitnz what is the situation there in new zealand.are many dead.?it must be a secret weapon that the power is using on us?we knew that they would unleash it.but people sayyour crazy.im just sorry for the dead.

[DrLeavingsoon]

@jonathanmoreno1000 its just the Pacific Rim, dude. Chill. Nature at Her angriest. They don't call NZ the Shaky Isles for nothing.

[jonathanmoreno1000]

@DrLeavingsoon you are blind man.just look at whats going on in the world.islamic revolution quakes etc.you cant be helped so please dont respond back.thanks!

[DrLeavingsoon]

@jonathanmoreno1000 didn't see you in the CBD of CHCH, oh Fool 'leading' the blind.

[jonathanmoreno1000]

@DrLeavingsoon most people on you tube are not braindead dumbasses like you think they are.they know that you are full of shit.most likely you are one of them.so go and screw yourself bitch!

[DrLeavingsoon]

@jonathanmoreno1000 got you in a corner didn't I?! Resorting to swearing is the biggest sign of 'I've got nothing'. Now we see your true colours.

Keep living the dream, genius.

[heroin2]

What the fuck!! Is that rowan? He filmed our band video!! Holy crap, hope you guys are OK, its unreal to know that was us, it was our home and that shit went down. Such violent evil shaking...

[cechrysalis]

that made my blood chill. bought it all back instantly. good documentation.

[TheCharEllis]

must have been such a terrifying moment, so tragic how so many were killed

[abbeyroad2005]

This is unbelievable footage SpooceDan - brought tears to my eyes. The few words you do say encompass the shock for real. It was scarey enough being out in the suburbs, can't imagine what it was like in town. Hope you and your family are ok, and everyone else who is reading this. xo

[wassibi1]

Thanks for that mate

[bigwilly367]

scary stuff being be in town

thank god i wasnt in town when it happened

[nzdesignagirl]

Wow u were opposite poplar lane ...I was supposed to b meeting my friend 4 lunch lucky she cancelled...u also captured another friend of mine coming out the lane I'm pretty sure anyway I'll send him the link. He was working on tram. The noises r awful I'll never forget. we walked out of our high st building onto that same corner by Manchester and it was just disbelief and shock and the horrible realisation that people were under those buildings :(

[Jbroks86]

Terrible tragedy hope you and all New Zealanders affected by this Earthquake are okay, and my thoughts goes out to those lost and to their families from the US.

[g0lfpr01]

hey mate great footage aye mate!!! glad your okay! i was in pak n save in town! and it hit pretty hard there too couldnt move newhere it was just so violent! mai baby girl thought i was just playing wid da trolley but little did she realise that i was holding on to her really tight and our trolley was just goin side too side then all the food bottles and other stuff that were on the shelves just went everywhere!

[vzclubbie]

awesome footage mate, glad your ok! glad you caught this on cam. hope all is well!!!

[MrJonslife]

Its really sad tht such a disaster happened on a beautiful city. The world prays for you all.

[nzoomed]

how is poplar street and lichfield lanes anyway?

There were some nice buildings there where the vespa room is, hopefully its still OK, this is devastating.

[Televersity]

Most incredible footage, good luck SpooceDan, my thoughts are with you and the people of Cristchurch at this sad time.

[LustyXx]

You are SO incredibly lucky you weren't thrown out of your office!! My Mums work is on Leighfield street and she cant go back, LUCKILY I had convinced her to buy some cruit with me, and she wasn't there, we were on Fitzgerald Ave!! You are so lucky, btw fantastic response with the video mate. I didn't even think about it!

[terrydribble]

hope that you are safe and sound. best of luck to you. Texas is praying for you all...

[iPhilth]

Does anyone know if 115 Lichfield is in tact? I'm getting a bit worried now, I have heard nothing yet...

[aztecrainbow]

that pretty much sums up my first few minutes too!

[richardoconnor]

That was really intense. Glad you were ok...

[R0ughDiamond]

Unreal. You were way calmer than what I would have been. Good to see you're ok.

[leptinella]

Clydebear, fences were still up due to damage from September quake. Orange-vested workers were not emergency workers - I'm guessing they were from the nearby tramline project.

[alaricdogface]

OMG

[clydebear]

When was this video shot? Am just confused with all the barriers and emergency workers already on the scene outside. Were there road works there already or something?

[sergiomaroma]

@clydebear they were workers doing the railpaths for the tramway from lichfield turning to lichfield lanes



[sergiomaroma]

they were doing works for the tramway

[coastmedianz]

@clydebear The barriers and emergency workers would have been there cleaning up from the last earthquake.

[HeySimo]

@clydebear they were there for putting in the tram tracks i assume

[TheMovingPlanetForum]

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[DJstickyfingazNZ]

shit bro, its hard watching my hometown and people getting mashed up :( hope you and yours are safe!

[russkinz]

Surreal. This was right near my work. I had no idea it was that bad on Manchester Street.

[cobaltcanarycherry]

Stay fierce, Kiwi and Maori friends. All our thoughts are with you and help is coming.

[Gay1Guy]

So freaky...so glad your building did not collapse....so sad for those nearby whose buildings did collapse.

[kenzietaysoper]

Oh my gosh that was probably the scariest moment of my life. And then it poured with rain! Have we not suffered enough??

[rubykeighley]

Ironic how the sign says 'Life is Beautiful'...

[sublocal]

fucken fuck man

[nzmusicvideos]

that is intense bro, so relieved u are safe! ... also, glad i got the exclusive as opposed to that non exclusive stuff :)

[kimberment]

Oh Dan, good work for filming... that is really freaky!