Azucena becomes trapped in the mire of mud, debris, and clay after a massive volcano erupts, which creates an avalanche of "telluric vomit." The volcanic eruption buries the small villages at the bottom of the volcano in viscous mud, leaving more than twenty thousand human beings trapped in the quagmire. When Rolf Carlé and his news team arrive, they find Azucena buried up to her neck in mud. Rolf Carlé discovers that Azucena cannot move, and it is speculated that her legs are trapped underneath the mud by the remains of a fallen wall or the bodies of her family grasping onto her legs. Rolf Carlé initially attempts to pull Azucena from the mud using a rope but is unsuccessful. Rolf Carlé is also not able to receive a pump to remove the water and loosen Azucena from the quagmire. On the third night of covering Azucena's tragic situation, she dies in the mud pit.
In the story "And of Clay We Are Created," a thirteen-year-old girl named Azucena was found stuck in mud with only her head above the surface. She was one of more than 20,000 people whose lives were affected by the eruption of a volcano. When the volcano erupted, snow and ice that had been on the mountain detached, causing an avalanche. Azucena's home and family were devastated by the resulting mudslide.
The mud seemed to be like quicksand; the more Azucena struggled to be free, the more she was pulled under. Rescuers thought that her legs may have been held in place because they were caught in the rubble of her destroyed house. However, Azucena seemed to think that she was, "held by the bodies of her brothers and sisters clinging to her legs." Rolf, the reporter that tried to rescue her, stayed with her until she finally died.
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