"At least one student has been killed, dozens injured and 65 presumed buried under rubble after a school building collapsed in Indonesia on Monday, with rescuers running oxygen and water to those who remained trapped more than 12 hours later. Rescue workers, police and soldiers digging through the night pulled out eight weak and injured survivors hours after the building at Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in the East Java town of Sidoarjo collapsed while students were praying."
"A noticeboard at the command post set up in the boarding school complex listed 65 students as missing as of Tuesday morning. They were mostly boys in grades seven to 11, between the ages of 12 and 17. Oh my God my son is still buried, oh my God please help! a mother cried hysterically upon seeing her child's name on the board, followed by the cries of other parents whose relatives had suffered a similar fate."
At least one student was killed, dozens were injured and 65 students were presumed buried after a school building collapsed at Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java. Rescue workers, police and soldiers pulled eight weak and injured survivors from the rubble while continuing to search for others more than 12 hours after the collapse. Most missing students were boys aged 12 to 17 in grades seven to 11. Heavy slabs of concrete and unstable structure hampered the operation, and heavy equipment was not used for fear of further collapse. Rescuers ran oxygen and water to people still trapped while families waited at hospitals and the site.
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