One of the more heart-wrenching tragedies to strike with the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that was responsible for at least 216 deaths in Mexico City by Tuesday night (September 19), involved the collapse of a school on the city's south side that had just completed an evacuation drill two hours before it struck.

At last count, the bodies of 22 children and two adults were drawn out from the rubble that was left of the Enrique Rébsamen primary school. Soldiers and firefighters are continuing to dig through the debris, with at least 30 still missing. It is reported that Enrique Rébsamen is one of more than 200 schools across the province that has reported some form of damage or other from the devastating disaster. Reports of the primary school's decimation were juggled along with reports that at least four were killed and 40 injured at the country's elite Technologico de Monterrey university.

Mexico was still reeling over an 8.1 magnitude quake that struck the southern region of the country, killing 98 people, less than two weeks ago, when Mexico City was shaken on Tuesday. Mexican President Pena Nieto has acknowledged the catastrophe as the worst in decades and declared a "new national emergency" in its aftermath.

Source: huffingtonpost.com