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Rescue Work Underway

Armed police try to remove a chair that presses on 17-year-old student Yan Peng in the quake-stricken Beichuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008. A strong quake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale struck Sichuan at 2:28 PM on Monday. At that moment, Yan was swung out of classroom by strong shake, but he came back to the classroom, trying to save his trapped classmates. Unfortunately, Yan was buried in the ruins for over 40 hours. Thanks to hard searching and rescuing for several hours by armed police, he was finally rescued.

Tents are seen along a road in Beichuan County, which neighbors the epicenter of the massive quake in southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008. The relief materials and facilities reach Beichuan continuously, as the rescue works are underway in an orderly way.

Armed police carry 17-year-old student Yan Peng after he was rescued out of the ruins of a two-story building in the quake-stricken Beichuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008. A strong quake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale struck Sichuan at 2:28 PM on Monday. At that moment, Yan was swung out of classroom by strong shake, but he came back to the classroom, trying to save his trapped classmates. Unfortunately, Yan was buried in the ruins for over 40 hours. Thanks to hard searching and rescuing for several hours by armed police, he was finally saved.

Rescuers from Chongqing municipality save a survivor in debris of collapsed buildings in Beichuan, one of the counties that suffered the most from Monday's earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008.

(Xinhua News Agency May 14, 2008)


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