Strong Earthquake in Sichuan,China---Student saved after trapped for 60 hours

by yuanyuan713 | May 16, 2008 at 06:27 am | 48 views | add comment
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Photo1---Rescuers try to move the debris weighing a trapped middle school student Yang Hong in quake-striken Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2008. Trapped for nearly 60 hours, the Junior third grade student Yang Hong of Beichuan Middle School was finally rescued around the zero hour of May 15. His left leg was fractured, while mind remained fully conscious. (Xinhua Photo)


Photo2---Rescuers clean out the debris pressing on a trapped middle school student Yang Hong in quake-striken Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)


Photo3---Medical staff members mete out first-aid medical treatment to an injured middle school student Yang Hong, who had been buried underneath the crumbled buildings' debris for 60 hours, in quake-striken Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)


Photo4---Rescuers carry an injured middle school student Yang Hong, who had been buried underneath the crumbled buildings' debris for 60 hours, with stretcher to first-aids in quake-striken Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 15, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)


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