Shaken hours earlier by a massive earthquake, Phatsakon Kaewkla’s terror was magnified when he came home to find gaping cracks in the walls of his 22nd-floor Bangkok flat.
Feeling unsafe in the building damaged by the biggest tremors to hit the capital in generations, the 23-year-old Thai decided to stay away for two days until experts gave the high-rise the all-clear.
The owners of Phatsakon’s condominium assured him that engineers had checked every part of the building and concluded it was habitable.
I feel a little bit scared. And also my mum told me to move out from here
But he is still spooked about the cracks.