astonished at the scene unfolding in front of her, patrizia grabs her camera from the back of her carnd starts shoot ing. >> translator: in the distance, i framed a high-voltage pole that very slowly began to descend, descend, descend until it finally toppled over. that's when we realized that this was something much more serious than we could imagine. >> what she sees through her camera's viewfinder is something out of a biblical text. the earth buckles, waves and moves like an ocean. >> translator: little by little we saw the hill start to crumble, and then at a certain point, suddenly the mountain came tumbling down. i don't know if i realized it or i hadn't realized it, i planted myself there with a television camera on my shoulder and record it. >> the civilian protection men try to block them from shooting, but they just keep on working. >> translator: at a certain point, we heard a deafening noise far away. and then this imposing immense landslide. i have to tell the truth, i didn't check my words. [ speaking in italian ] luckily, i didn't say anything strange, and we went live