Escape from Sichuan, China earthquake (LIVE footage filmed while running with handycam)

I got caught in an aftershock during the Sichuan earthquake, this is my escpe. At the time I was reporting for CCTV9 at the epicentre of the massive 2008 earthquake that measured .8 on the richter scale. At the base of the town of Beichuan, the worst hit area where over 80% of the town was destroyed, i was told to evacuate immediately.

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• China
• sichuan
• beichuan
• earthquake
• aftershock
• tremor
• escape
• cctv
• cctv9
• tom
• shanahan
• tommyshanahan

[tommyshanahan]

watch it in high quality

[tommyshanahan]

40 seconds into the video we have to escape

[vossejongk]

Sooo when does the shaking starts ???

[conkersfury]

its cloverfield 2. hahaha

[MrPhilipsia]

Which escape?Nothing happened! The video just shows the guy running and getting out of breath.

[thehorribles]

What an incredible video. A real adrenaline rush!

[Variasam2]

I visited what was left of this annihalated city a month ago. There was quite literally nothing undamaged, everything was torn apart or utterly destroyed; I saw the remains of a school (we couldn't tell it was one, since it was so badly damaged), the only thing left standing was its flagpole; 500 students were inside when it was crushed by a landslide. When we drove down into the valley, you could see the mud splatters on the buildings from the flood. Really terrifying, chilling, dead place.

[Dishodiwaba]

It sure seems like you're running an awful long way...did it really take that long to get to (at least relative) safety?

[bushangels]

wow!!!!

[summerrr520]

cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!