Citizens in Xi'an (ShaanXi province)satyed outside to avoid the possible L6-7 aftershocks last night.
Posted on 05/19/2008 10:23:55 PM PDT by brityank
Man alive nearly 179 hours after quake
YINGCHUAN, Sichuan, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Ma Yuan Jiang, a power plant executive, was rescued at around 00:50 a.m. Tuesday from the rubble in Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, nearly 179 hours after the May 12 earthquake.
The 31-year-old survivor was pulled by a Shanghai rescue team from the debris of a flattened power plant, after more than 30 hours' efforts.
Rescuers found Ma at afternoon on May 18 at the debris of a flattened office building, when they were digging hole trying to reach Yu Jinhua, a colleague of Ma.
Followed by an amputation operation, Yu was rescued at about 6:00 p.m. on May 18. Rescuers then turned to Ma and sent sweetened water to him through a straw.
Ma was receiving treatment at the temporary clinic of the Chongqing No. 3 Military Hospital, and will be sent by air to a hospital in Chengdu.
He was a power generation department vice director of the Yingxiu Bay Hydro-Power Plant.
Great work by the rescue crew.
WOW!
Praise God!
Amazing!!
Prayer for him!!
How many minutes would that be?
Now who counts "nearly 179 hours"? Wouldn't it more natural to say "a week after" or "a little over a week after"?
(BTW, it's 10,740 minutes.)
Can't get . . . next to . . . Yu. . . .
Yu WERE rescued. . . .
Yu Tube?
I know they’re overwhelmed, but the casual way the TV reporters and officials are just writing off the still-tapping people down in the rubble is just unbelievable to me.
Yu-Ma arid zone, huh?
Seriesly, though, it’s good that people are being rescued.
To:Who it may concern:
For more info,you can visit:http://www.chinaview.cn/
Just heard a pregnant woman rescued alive after 180 hours and right in her way to hospital the baby was born safely.
And many many such miracle......
The earthquake has been corrected to 8.0 on the Richter scale the day before yesterday.
The disaster is huge.Thousands of aftershocks,the potential risky Yansai(transliterate) Lake and dams,if it continues to rain heavily,the lake,which formed due to the earthquake,may seep,which may be a large threaten to the people in backward position.While the specialists are inspecting on this every minute,and the people invloved are displaced accordingly.
Rescue work is still continuing,and the epidemic prevention is more important.
Aftershocks bring much trouble to more people.Last night,the citizens in Xi’an all stayed outside to avoid the possible 6-7 aftershock.
Almost every people in China has made much danation.The scene touched me most is a handicapped beggar donated all waht he has.
Citizens in Xi'an (ShaanXi province)satyed outside to avoid the possible L6-7 aftershocks last night.
The man Ma Yuanjiang,who is trapped 179 hour is rescued succcessfully. He was rescued at 00:50 on May.20 by Shanghai rescue team through 16 hours hard work.
Epidemic prevention members are working.
This beggar touched me most.
He "walked" here,we all think he is passing by.
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