survivor
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The survivor told Italian media that he had escaped the burning car by breaking one of the windows.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
The first survivor, a laboratory worker, to have recovered left hospital last week.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
One survivor recalls how her mother tore the pages from the family’s books, “soaked the pages in water, and we swallowed the liquid.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
One survivor said the measure, if signed into law, would give her and others solace.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
“Those whom fire has spared are drowned by water; the man rescued from the water is saved only by air tainted with pestilence; and the survivor of war is ruined by wasting sickness.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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