Forget “Duck and Cover” During Earthquakes – Now It’s the “Triangle of Life”

SACRAMENTO -- A veteran rescue worker is advocating a new technique to avoid being crushed in an earthquake. Rather than the old "duck and cover" method - getting under a desk or doorway for protection, Doug Copp urges people to lie down next to a large object such as a bed or desk. When crushed by falling buildings these objects may collapse, but will have voids of space adjacent to them that will provide protection. Copp calls this method the "Triangle of Life."Copp says he has crawled into at leas