"This is the Apocalypse."

"This is the Apocalypse."
Mohammed Karimi
On the earthquake in the Iranian city of Bam that killed his wife and their 4-year-old daughter. Thousands have perished and rescue workers are still finding bodies in the rubble.
"I'm not going to be surprised if there are two, three, four cases, maybe a dozen or two dozen."
William D. Hueston
A Minnesota animal health and food safety expert, on the possibility of more U.S. cases of mad cow disease.
"I'm lucky to be alive."
Brian Delaney, 19
Who was trapped up to his neck before rescuers pulled him out of the mud at a trailer-home encampment in Devore, Calif. At least 14 people died in mudslides set off Christmas Day in the Golden State.