NORTHRIDGE - Still in mourning, Shannon Gilchrist returned to the spot where the earth cracked open in the predawn chill of Jan. 17, 1994. As she slept that morning inside the Northridge Meadows Apartments, a magnitude 6.7 temblor collapsed the building, killing 16 people. The ruin became a national symbol of the suffering and loss of life in the Northridge earthquake.
But rebirth rose from the rubble Thursday as the new Parc Ridge Apartments complex was dedicated on Reseda Boulevard. Gilchrist, who escaped the destruction by leaping from a third floor balcony, came back - her interest in the project piqued by painful memories of those who didn't walk away.
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