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Source: CCTV.com
06-27-2008 08:31
Special Report: Documentary: The EarthquakeBeichuan County is in ruins. Buried under the debris are 15 family members and relatives of Wang Hongfa, including his 16-year-old son.
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The building of the Civil Affairs Bureau of Beichuan has been razed to the ground. Wang Hongfa, the Director General of the Bureau, is one of just nine staff to have
survived. Now the nine Bureau workers are busy keeping rescue teams and quake victims supplied with what they need, and after six days of this intense work, Wang
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Hongfa cannot wipe from his mind some of the most horrifying scenes of devastation brought about by the massive earthquake.
2.28 pm on May 12th, 2008. A time now engraved on the memory of all Chinese people. In an instant an act of nature hits China’s Wenchuan Coiunty causing destruction
on an unprecedented scale.
The earth shook violently for a full 80-seconds, and when the earth stopped shaking tens of thousands of people were lying buried under ruins. All of a sudden, we
became aware that life is fragile. / In Sichuan Province, Beichuan, Qingchuan, Li County, Shifang, Mianzhu and Pengzhou are the areas most badly damaged by the
disaster. Almost everywhere, nothing but the ruins of collapsed buildings can be seen. Beichuan County is just 60 kilometers from Wenchuan, the earthquake’s
epicenter, and the vast majority of the buildings in the county have been brought to the ground.
At the scene of the disaster, every second counts in the hunt for survivors, and every rescuer understands the that any delay can mean a difference between life and
death.
Weak calls can be heard coming from under the rubble as the families of those trapped wait on with expectant eyes. Everything to be done will be carried out with just
one aim: to save lives.
In all the quake-hit areas, the rescue work is racing against time and every rescuer does everything possible for the sake of life. One after another people are saved
from death, but more lives remain buried in the debris. Time has never been as precious as it is now, and the rescue workers have never worked as tirelessly as they
do now.
Finding that one glimmer of hope for survival is both a battle and a race, as with every passing moment lives are passing away.
After the earthquake hit Wenchuan, a Yunnan-based military unit led by Division Commander Qu Xinyong marches in double time to the disaster area. They become the first
