The first few hours after a disaster are critical in finding survivors who are trapped in structural collapses. As time passes, the chances of finding survivors diminishes exponentially. There are, however, those rare and precious exceptions...
Wang Guangfen, a nurse, climbed under a cement slab to give medicine to the girl, He Cuiqing, while other rescuers carefully shifted slabs until they could remove the girl.
"She appeared very fragile, and there were blood stains on her chest," China.org, quoted Wang saying. "But she was still conscious and called me aunt when I reached her."
Thousands of people who have been displaced after the quake have sought refuge in Mianyang, where the rescue and refugee centers have been set up in gymnasiums and other public facilities.
The numbers of dead, injured, and homeless after Monday's earthquake are still coming in, and have climbed into the tens of thousands in each category. Such rescues as the little girl saved today give rescuers a boost of moral to continue their grim and arduous search as China recovers from disaster.
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