She is a survivor

It was 11:41 a.m. on December 7, 1988, when 18-year-old Anahid Dilakian sat at her workstation on the second floor of a sewing factory in Spitak, Armenia. In a moment, her life would never be the same. The factory shook so severely, many thought a bomb had hit the building. It was, as Anahit later learned, a strong earthquake that claimed tens of thousands of lives, including her father’s. From where Anahid sat, the floor opened and swallowed her and the ceiling above. When she regained con