Earthquake Aftermath in Sichuan Province, China

ANCHOR:
Frantic rescue operations are underway in Dujiangyan in China's southwestern Sichuan province. Workers are trying to save more children trapped in the rubble of one of the schools demolished demolished by a powerful earthquake on Monday.
STORY:
Dramatic TV footage shows young children trapped under blocks of cement and other building material. Rescue workers could be seen comforting the children, and working on ensuring their safety with helmets and by placing bricks to secure their surroundings.
In the same city, about 900 teenagers were buried under a collapsed
three-story school building. At another school in Dujiangyan, fewer than 100
of 420 students survived.
Two days after the 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit the province of Sichuan, many people were rushed to the nearest hospital in Chengdu.
Beichuan county, one of the hardest-hit areas in Sechuan provine, had over 20,000 people, but only a few thousand survived.
[Yuan Jianguo, Earthquake Survivor]:
"I have been searching for my family members since the earthquake.
So far, I have gathered some information on where two of my family members
are, but I have not found them."
There is little food available for the over 10 thousand survivors who were moved to a stadium in Mianyang. Many of them could be seen scrambling for eggs when they were given out.
In Dujiangyan, a city midway between Chengdu and the epicentre, mangled
bodies could be seen lying on the streets, some barely half covered.
Some local residents who have survived the quake said on Wednesday that
they have no where to go, nothing to eat, and no one to help them.
[Chen Jun, Dujiangyan Resident]:
"We have no food or shelter here. I only hope that someone will
come and help me dig out the body (of my child). I still hang on to some hope
that he's alive. He was so young, just two years old."
While China has poured more troops into the earthquake-ravaged province
of Sichuan on Wednesday to quicken the search for survivors, time is quickly
running out for thousands of people buried under rubble and mud.
Hundreds of aftershocks were felt and for those whose houses remain,
they were too afraid to return home.

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[BruceLeeKickYoAss4]

I'm very impressed and admire the rescuing men and women in China's army. These brave kind heart soldiers risked their own lives to save other, they along with all the medical personel deserved the most admiration and praise. Congratulation to China's heroic military soldiers...very good job!

[JoSieLove2Sing4u]

Pray for the Children in Sichuan

[mistystarzlite]

I feel so bad for that young father and his 2 year old son. I hope they have saved that kid. I was watching another one, where an old man sat on top of his house waiting for rescuers to come and save his wife who was under all the rubble. He could here her voice calling out for help.

[HungKiet]

my condolences go out to Chinese people my heart and prayers are with you.

[frizzylizzy562]

devastating