Mad About Shanghai

Heroes of the Sichuan Earthquake (Part 14)

This baby, after being buried over 24 hours, miraculously, was rescued unscratched.  He is about 3-4 months old, and his mother kneeled down, pinned her head and hands on the ground to shielded him from the falling concrete, and milked him.  His mother did not make it. 

A rescue worker found his mom’s cell phone in his wrapper.  It had a text message left by his mother: “Dear child, if you survive, please remember, Mom loves you forever…”

Heroes of the Sichuan Earthquake (Part 13)

This high school student was rescued from the collapsed building.  She lost both legs, and her both hands are broken.  The rescue workers were all in tears when they saw this.  She smiled to them and said: “Be Brave!”

Heroes of the Sichuan Earthquake (Part 12)

Yuan Wentin(袁文婷), 26, first grade teacher.  When the earthquake struck, she rushed to carry her stunned students from classroom on the 3rd floor to the ground.  She managed to pull out most of her students, but the building collapsed when she was trying to pull out the last few.  At the last moment of her life, she was trying to use her body to shield the students from falling concrete.

Many teachers did the same thing.  They are 谭千秋、张米亚、苟晓超、吴忠洪、杜正香......

Heroes of the Sichuan Earthquake (Part 11)

Zhang Jiwang(张吉万), 11, carrying his sister Zhang Han(张韩), 3，walked 12 hours straight to flee the disaster center.

Heroes of the Sichuan Earthquake (Part 10)

A 5 year old boy was rescued after being buried under rubbles for 24 hours.  His left hand was broken, but he smiled and saluted to his rescuers.  His smile made everybody cry.

Heroes of the Sichuan Earthquake (Part 9)

Song Xinying (宋馨懿), 3, pulled out from rubble after being buried for 2 days.  She was in critical condition and lost a leg, but survived.  Her parents held each other’s hands and shoulders face to face to make an arch to shield her from the falling building.  Her parents did not make it.

Heroes of the Sichuan Earthquake (Part 8)

People are rushing to donate money. Many rich people donated in millions, but no one can match Xu Chao(徐超), 60. He is a homeless in Nanjing, 1000 miles from the disaster area.  He saw the news and went to donate 5 Yuan in the morning.  He said people in the disaster area were worse off than him because their lives were threatened.  He came back in the afternoon, donated another 100 Yuan ($14).  He  explained that all he had were pennies and dimes, and he didn’t want to waste volunteer workers’ time to count them, so he went to the bank to change everything he had into one big bill. This is from a man who doesn’t have money to buy food for himself.

Heroes of the Sichuan Earthquake (Part 7)

Soldiers and rescue workers working around clock to rescue people still buried.  Unable to transport heavy machineries to the remote areas since roads are buried by landslides, they often have to use hands to move tons of concrete.

Heroes of the Sichuan Earthquake (Part 6)

With roads buried by landslide and bad weather hammering airborne operations, a group of 600 soldiers and medical teams, led by Major General Xia Guofu(夏国富), 57, Commander in Chief of Sichuan Military District, walked 21 hours straight on foot in mountain area, carrying heavy relief supplies, risking landslide and falling rocks.  They became the first group to arrive at the epicenter of the earthquake.

Heroes of the Sichuan Earthquake (Part 4)

Wen Jiabao(温家宝), 66, Chinese Prime Minister, boarded a plane 30 minutes after the earthquake, and arrived in disaster area in 2 hours.  He has been the chief of the rescue operation since then, working almost around clock at the frontline with rescue workers.