Chilling teaser trailer for "Aftershock"

When I first saw the article title, I assumed this was just another disaster flick, but the teaser, which gives no indication of the real story, tells so much more. The story itself (below) is pretty heart-wrenching, and could make for compelling (and hopefully not exploitative) drama.

First Showing gives the following synopsis:

When a mother is informed by a rescue team that, since her 7-year old twins are buried under the debris close to each other, digging one out would result in the collapse of the wreckage on the other, she is forced to make the most difficult decision of her life. Based around the devastating Tangshan Earthquake of 1976.

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