Russell was 9 years old and living in Sylmar when the quake hit. He says at 9 everything was an adventure and he thought the "devil" had come to get him. He now lives in Alaska.
Lucy was 13 when the quake struck. Her story details the many years of her family dealing with the aftermath. She now lives in Northern California.
Allen, who was in his 20's and the father of a young son when the quake hit, managed the Sears store in San Fernando, while living in the Granada Hills area. He made sure supplies were on hand. He now lives in North Carolina.
Graduate of Sylmar High School class of 1971, songwriter, author, Ufologist and Internet Archeologist, he survived the 71 Sylmar quake with flying colors. He now lives in Atlanta. Be prepared for an entertaining half hour.
Greg, a former Hollywood producer and a 1979 Sylmar High School grad was nine years old when the 1971 quake struck. He has some funny stories of what happened in his home that morning. Greg now lives in India where he develops card and video games to teach children "kindness."
Gary Barker was 10 years old when the Sylmar quake hit in1971. His experience was tremendous and helped prepare him for the next big one.
Vanessa Hayes was 17 and a self proclaimed radical when the quake hit. Her father was the honorary Mayor of Sylmar and highly involved. She had interviewed for her first job at Olive View Hospital the day before the quake struck. She still suffers from environmental issues to her health from the quake. She adds this interesting note:
My paternal Grandmother, Marion DeRode Brune was 1-year old when the 1906 quake hit. Her family lived at the top of Market in the Castro district of San Francisco. My Great-Grandfather, Frederick Brune, worked for The Max Schmidt Lithography Company then housed in the iconic Clock Tower Building on Market Street where today's Bay Bridge/Interstate 80 now dumps into downtown SF. Once the initial 7.9 quake had subsided, Frederick walked to the top of the Hill to be reunited with my great-grandmother, Marsie, great-Aunt Helen (toddler) and my Grandmother, Marion. They slept in the street, watching SF burn while overcoming after-shock horrors. Growing up in a fault-line family, William Bronson's picture account of THE EARTH SHOOK THE SKY BURNED literally burned a hole in my familial consciousness... until 1971 when Marion's son Ron and my "Brady Bunch" family lived through our own "contemporary" repeat of the same horror! The Brune-Hayes family is truly a family born and raised on the San Andreas!
Amy was the new editor of the Sylmar Scroll Newspaper and living in the shadow of the Van Norman Dam when the word came to evacuate.
Brad's father was the administrator of the Veterans Hospital where most of the deaths occurred and they lived on the site at the time the quake hit. Brad's father was considered a hero because of his quick action and the lives he was able to save. Brad was very likely the first to report the hospital collapse to the authorities.
Tammy was nine years old when the quake hit and has some very interesting stories to tell.
Vicki was just 14 when the quake struck and lived in the foothills of Sylmar very close to the fault line.
Julie was 17 when the quake hit her home in Sylmar and along with mom and two younger sisters pretty much left Sylmar for good shortly afterwards, never to look back.
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