Down in the quake-damaged valley of Beichuan, rescuers have been racing against time to save lives. They've come from all over the country with a common goal.
Down in the quake-damaged valley of Beichuan, rescuers have been racing against time to save lives. They've come from all over the country with a common goal.
PLA soldiers, students from military schools, armed police, firefighters, medical workers, and volunteers. Now more than 10,000 rescuers are in Beichuan to help people survive. The 4th day after the quake and about 700 people have been saved from the debris.
But many rescuers refuse to be called hero, and some like this soldier are unwilling to leave a name.
One PLA soldier said "We will never give up as long as we're still alive. As long as there's the PLA, it will not be the end of the world. Fighting against nature is what defines us."
This team of volunteers have just found another survivor under this rubble. Their architectural expertise is particularly helpful in conditions like this. It took them 4 hours to safely remove the fallen pieces. Another life is rescued.
One volunteer rescuer said "I just finished working when the earthquake happened. The ground was shaking, rocks falling. So I'm here to help. I can't just go away and I can't just sit there and watch."
It is through ways like this that the rescuers carry every single casualty to the medical treatment center and then they have to return from the same way to the rescue site to save more lives. The rescuers barely have any time to eat or sleep.
And it is their commitment and belief that have made miracles of life occur even under the hardest circumstances.
(CCTV May 17, 2008)