John Otis
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712 appearances
80 recordings
5 series
first heard Sep 2025
last heard 4 Sep
John Otis’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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For MPR News, I'm John Otis in Cali, Columbia.
Colombian officials know they are in a race against the clock to find people trapped in collapsed buildings.
Cali Mayor Alejandro Eyre says they are now focusing on seven sites in the earthquake zone where they have the best chance to save people.
The mayor also called on Cali residents to avoid the disaster zone so as not to cause traffic jams or get in the way of rescue teams.
He added that workers inside the buildings need silence so their listening devices can detect signs of life.
For NPR News, I'm John Otis in Cali, Colombia.
Colombian officials know they're in a race against the clock.
At a news conference yesterday, Cali Mayor Alejandro Eder said they have identified seven sites in the earthquake zone where they have the best chance to save people.
Let's listen.
the mayor is calling on Cali residents to avoid the disaster zone so as not to create traffic jams or to get in the way of rescue teams.
I came across a pair of five story apartments that had been absolutely flattened.
Henry Granha, who lives a few blocks away, happened to be right outside the buildings when the earthquake struck.
So he's saying suddenly the buildings just collapsed.
I saw them fall down.
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Right now the race is on to locate people underneath the rubble because the chances of survival are just so much better if you can reach them within the first seventy-two hours.
Uh, emergency workers and volunteers are streaming into Kali where authorities say that hundreds could still be trapped inside the dozens of buildings that collapsed.
Right now the race is on to locate people underneath the rubble because the chances of survival are just so much better if you can reach them within the first seventy two hours.
Uh emergency workers and volunteers are streaming into Kali where authorities say that hundreds could still be trapped inside the dozens of buildings that collapsed.
Right now, the race is on to locate people underneath the rubble because the chances of survival are just so much better if you can reach them within the first 72 hours.
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