1971 Press Photo Medical staff rescue patients after an earthquake in California

As nurses and doctors help wheel patients out of smashed buildings, rescue workers began the grizzly search for other patients and hospital workers who are trapped in the collapsed buildings at the Veterans Administration Hospital. Seven patients were reported killed when the building collapsed during a devastating earthquake that struck the Southern California area early 2/9. Disasters-earthquakes-California

Photo is dated 1971.

Photo measures 10.75 x 8.75 inches.