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Severed foot of quake survivor found under supermarket rubble

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/U53vEVKCT2I?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p><br/>MANILA <strong>(UPDATE)</strong> - Authorities have found the severed foot of a woman who was trapped underneath the rubble of a supermarket that collapsed after Monday&#x27;s magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Luzon. </p><p>Authorities found the severed foot of quake survivor Maria Martin underneath the rubble of the Chuzon Supermarket in Porac, Pampanga past 7 a.m. Friday. </p><p>Rescuers had to amputate Martin&#x27;s right leg to extricate her from the rubble, P/Col. Jean Fajardo, Provincial Director of the Pampanga Police Office, earlier told DZMM.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gvviUof_ZOs?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>&quot;Pumasok po kami sa ilalim at nakaipit po talaga sa malaking haligi, sa beam, &#x27;yung paa ng survivor,&quot; he said.</p><p>(When we went under the rubble, we saw that she was trapped under a large beam.)</p><p>Two doctors worked on Martin&#x27;s amputation for about an hour before she was safely extricated from the collapsed supermarket.</p><p>&quot;Pinutol sa taas ng tuhod niya,&quot; Fajardo said.</p><p>(Doctors amputated from above her knee.)</p><p>&quot;Nagpasok pa kami ng oxygen doon [sa ilalim] to make sure na hindi siya mawawalan ng hangin kasi matagal na siyang nandun,&quot; he said.</p><p>(We had to bring in an oxygen tank to make sure that she would not run out of oxygen because she has been trapped for a long while.)</p><p>Martin, 25, a cellphone saleswoman for 2 years, was trapped for 3 hours underneath the rubble of the supermarket last Monday before she was located by rescuers.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/04/23/20190423-maria-martin.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></figure></div><p>She told ABS-CBN News she allowed doctors to cut off her right foot to save her life. &quot;Pumayag na rin po ako, para sa buhay ko, para sa pamilya ko rin po,&quot; she said. </p><p>At least 16 people <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/23/19/15-dead-in-quake-hit-pampanga-governor">were killed</a> in Monday&#x27;s quake. </p><p>The local government committed to help source a prosthetic leg for Martin, Fajardo said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qugGuLlG4qM?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>MANILA - Authorities have found the severed foot of a woman who was trapped underneath the rubble of a supermarket that collapsed after Monday's magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Luzon. </p>

MANILA - Authorities have found the severed foot of a woman who was trapped underneath the rubble of a supermarket that collapsed after Monday's magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Luzon.