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# Spain mourns victims of Lorca earthquake with public mass
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## Spain mourned the nine victims killed when an earthquake struck the town
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of Lorca with a public funeral mass held on Friday morning.
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TelegraphPlayer-8512637
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[Link to this video][1]
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By Fiona Govan in Lorca 3:17PM BST 13 May 2011
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Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero, Crown Prince Felipe and his wife
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Letizia attended the service held in a large hangar used for agricultural
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fairs on the outskirts of the stricken town in the Murcia region of
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southeastern [Spain][2].
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Several thousand townsfolk joined the families of four of the victims killed
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by falling masonry when an earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale
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struck Lorca on Wednesday evening.
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The families of the other five dead chose instead to hold private funerals.
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The funeral service, led by the Bishop of Cartagena and televised live to the
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nation, took place in the Recinto Ferial because tremor damage had left all
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the town's churches too unsafe to enter.
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Ahead of the funeral the Spanish premier toured the worst affected zones of
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the town to survey the damage.
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Pledging to give local authorities all the support and financial aid needed,
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he said: "It is my conviction that we are going to meet this test.
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"The earthquake was hard and strong. But this country is stronger. Its desire
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for solidarity and reconstruction are stronger."
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The Spanish heir to the throne and his wife gave their condolences to the
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relatives of those who perished in Spain's deadliest earthquake for 50 years.
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The royal couple hugged and spoke with the bereaved many of whom shed tears
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throughout the service. Many members of the rescue teams and those that have
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helped care for the thousands left homeless in the aftermath of the quakes
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were also present.
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Meanwhile, baby Alba, who was born at Lorca's Rafael Mendez hospital, moments
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after the worst tremor was felt became a symbol of hope for the town.
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Pictures of the newborn were broadcast on Spanish media Friday as her 28 year-
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old mother revealed the confusion of emotions she felt since her daughter's
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arrival.
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"I feel so happy when I look at my baby but guilty that at the same moment she
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came into the world others were taken from it," Mayte Alcazar told a local
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radio station, her voice cracking with emotion.
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The first-time mother was in the final stages of labour when the second and
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more powerful earthquake struck just before seven on Wednesday evening. The
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delivery room shook violently and above her head a crack ruptured the ceiling.
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Doctors decided to perform an emergency cesarean to quicken the birth as
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around them the hospital was evacuated for fear of collapse and Alba arrived
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safely shortly after.
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"One day I'll tell her the circumstances of her arrival," her mother added.
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