Two Women Rescued a Week After China Quake

PlusTwo Women Rescued a Week After China QuakeTwo Women Rescued a Week After China QuakeThe Associated PressTwo women were pulled alive from collapsed buildings in Beichuan, China, a week after a devastating earthquake. Meanwhile, the country observed a nationwide mourning period. (May 19)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] [Notes:Beichuan]Nearly seven days after an earthquake rocked central China, two women were pulled from the rubble of fallen buildings. The women were rescued in Beichuan. They were taken to hospitals, but their conditions are unknown. Crews are focusing on areas where supermarkets and markets once stood. Officials say people trapped could survive by eating food in the collapsed stores. (nats of event)At 2:28 in the afternoon--the hour that the quake struck--the country of one-point-three billion people ground to a halt for three minutes. People mourned the more than 34-thousand confirmed dead from the disaster. Officials expect that number rise above 50-thousand. Nearly a quarter million have been injured.(nats of official)The Vice-Governor of Sichuan Province says more than 60-thousand people have been rescued. [Notes:Wenchuan] Signs of normalcy are returning to parts of the province. A branch of the Agricultural Bank of China reopened. Officials say supplies of water and food are being delivered. But some people don't want to stay and waited for buses to take them out of the region. [Notes:Chengdu]Once night fell, residents of Chendu held a candlelight vigil. The city is the capital of the hardest-hit province. There were tears as people spelled out the date of the disaster in light. ___ ___, The Associated Press.

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