On the third day since an earthquake changed the world for Salvadorans, residents of this market town of 4,000 gave up 200 of their neighbors for dead Tuesday and tried to figure out how they are going to live.
People sleep on the streets outside their homes.
The lucky ones have a salvaged couch or bed to protect. There is no water, electricity or telephone. All three schools and all six churches fell down. Of almost 50 stores of various sizes, only two were open for business Tuesday. There's little or no work in town.