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More than 1,000 images of bodies flash across the screens in a sequence that feels endless. Many are swollen, have darkened skin or bear the marks of injuries, making identification difficult.<\/p>\n
Families search for any trace that might help identify their loved ones – a tattoo, a bracelet, a piece of clothing, or an item from their home.<\/p>\n
Sometimes there is a pause, a moment of hope. The two workers scrolling through the photos on an iPad zoom in on teeth, tattoos, or scars.<\/p>\n
In front of one of the screens, a woman bursts into tears as she recognises her son thanks to a dusty blanket. Another woman, a stranger, embraces her.<\/p>\n
A phone rings and breaks the silence.<\/p>\n
A young man whispers into the phone that he is trying to identify his mother. But he says the state of the bodies is making it difficult.<\/p>\n
“This is like a horror movie,” Liliana Gonz\u00e1lez, a 60-year-old resident of Catia La Mar, says as she leaves. <\/p>\n
She had come to look for her aunt, but in the end identified her 37-year-old nephew by his tattoo.<\/p>\n
“He wasn’t on the list,” she says. “I had to look at the images.”<\/p>\n
“I saw my mum when she died, but this… this isn’t the same.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n