On the recordJanuary 25, 1994
This article describes the victims, Mr. President, who lost their lives in the initial hours of the earthquake. Everybody knows somebody who was affected; 57 people died, but among them was a 4-year-old by the name of Amy Tyre-Vigil. Her father described the weekend before the earthquake as ``a beautiful weekend.'' He had taken Amy on a bike ride. The whole family had gone to the zoo. Amy had sampled her first meatball Sunday night. Amy's parents had chatted happily about the future, about a second baby, a boy, on the way, about the new house they were going to buy once their Sherman Oaks home sold, and that was gone in an instant on Monday. Amy was crushed to death when the earthquake sent her home hurtling down a hillside, collapsing the home into a flattened wreck of wood and stucco, tile and glass. For the victims of the earthquake, for the parents of 4-year-old Amy Tyre-Vigil, the time for action is now.
