Mom, I got buried': Quake victim's texts from rubble

The first text message said: "Mommy, I got buried." About 40 minutes later: "Mommy, I can't move my right hand.'' Then, a brief call from New Zealand's earthquake rubble to parents in the Philippines pleading to send help. After another harrowing hour in a crumpled building, when she sent a half-dozen more texts about increasing pain, continued shaking and overwhelming smoke, came the final one: "Please make it quick."

That was the last the Amantillo family heard from 23-yearold student Louise Amantillo, who is among dozens of foreigners missing after their language school disintegrated in Tuesday's collapse of the CTV building in Christchurch.

"Her voice was shaking, like she was really scared. I know she was in pain,'' said her mother, Linda Amantillo, who was desperately hoping that her daughter was still alive three days later.

Officials have said they are certain no one was still surviving in the ruins of the CTV building, and that up to 120 bodies are entombed there.

It has been a painful three days for the Amantillos, a medical family from Iloilo province, since that first text came across.

"We told her, 'You can make it, you can make it. Be strong and pray,'" her father, Alexander Amantillo, said. At 3.32 pm, the family received Louise's last message. Linda Amantillo tried to call her daughter. But all she heard was a recorded response asking the caller to leave a message.