the last thing standing in a magnitude 7.7 is the aisle nobody wants to be seen in

Panama's national heroes: three men who saved the bottles during a 7.7 earthquake

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Panama, with the epicenter about 12 kilometers west-southwest of Pitaloza Arriba, according to the US Geological Survey. A supermarket security camera captured three shoppers sprinting to a shelf and bracing bottles as the shelves swayed. The clip went viral and the men were nicknamed heroes of the nation. Nobody has identified them, and there is no word on whether they were ever actually in the store to buy anything.

Source: Panama's national heroes: three men who saved the bottles during a 7.7 earthquake — El Deforma

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