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2 People Rescued in Sichuan over 120 Hours After Earthquake

Rescuers pulled out two people alive from the earthquake debris in southwest China's Sichuan province on Saturday afternoon, more than 120 hours after the tremor.

A 31-year-old woman named Bian Gangfen was rescued at 6:13 PM in the Deyang City, after spending 124 hours under debris. Another survivor, Zhou Zhi, 33, was rescued alive around 6:00 PM in the Shifang City. He was a miner at the Jinhe Mine in Hongbai Township.

(Xinhua News Agency May 17, 2008)


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