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Remembering Loma Prieta Earthquake in San Francisco's Marina District

Across the Bay Area, people still have vivid memories of what happened the day of the Loma Prieta earthquake. One of them is Gianrico Pierucci, who in 1989 was a young San Francisco police officer who helped people in the Marina District dig out from under the rubble.
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Gianrico Pierucci, who was a San Francsco police officer in 1989, remembers how the Loma Prieta earthquake brought havoc to the Marina District. (Saul Gonzalez/KQED)

Across the Bay Area, people still have vivid memories of what happened the day of the Loma Prieta earthquake. One of them is Gianrico Pierucci, who in 1989 was a young San Francisco police officer who helped people in the Marina District dig out from under the rubble.

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