Earthquake 22 February 2011, Christchurch New Zealand, Oxford Terrace Baptist Church

This is some video I took on my phone 8 days after the 22 Feb 2011 earthquake. It's a walk around the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church property, starting in the Senior Minister's office where we were having the weekly staff meeting. The church auditorium (built in 1881) was badly damaged in the 4 September 2010 earthquake, it had been propped up at the front to make the office/lounge/kitchen building (built in 1980s) next to it safe, and to preserve the damaged frontage for heritage restoration purposes. The auditorium had been deemed unsafe to use (red stickered) since September.
When this video was uploaded (5 March 2011), in the city of Christchurch there had been 165 people confirmed dead with many more missing and the search continuing.
This video is to give my friends and other interested people a small glimpse into the currently cordoned off central city area, specifically the church I am part of.

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[meagansmom]

very sad : ( glad to hear no one was hurt in the building though