I think it is the terror of thinking someone is still breathing down there.
I remember reading that a volcano blew up in Colombia a few decades ago and buried a town under lava and mud and they just made it a tomb.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armero_tragedy
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BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Tue 15 Aug 2017, 16:54,
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Indeed, it's still mostly buried
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A Rory Borealis here under duress, Tue 15 Aug 2017, 20:59,
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