3,000 may be trapped in rubble after quake

RESCUERS pulled two women alive from their collapsed college, nearly two days after a powerful earthquake devastated western Indonesia, as cries for help from a flattened hotel spurred the frantic search for more survivors yesterday.

One of the survivors high-fived her rescuers as they carried her to safety.

The government said nearly 3,000 may still be trapped under the rubble after Wednesday’s 7.6-magnitude quake toppled thousands of buildings on Sumatra island. Some 1,100 are thought to have been killed. Paramedics laid out dozens of corpses, and the stench of decomposing bodies filled the air.