That dreadful moment, 2:28 p.m., May 12, 2008, will never be forgotten by the Chinese people. A deadly tremor measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale jolted Wenchuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province, and within seconds homes, schools, shops, factories and farmhouses were decimated. In the days that followed, the number of dead continued to rise…
The instant of 2:28 p.m., May 12, 2008, was made horrendously eternal by the 8.0-magnitude Wenchuan Quake. Never fading from memory will be those who died, those who suffered, and those who gave the ultimate. In confronting catastrophe, extraordinary instances of unimaginable bravery and sacrifice were recorded and will be remembered. Here are just a few such stories.....
On the Road to Beichuan
A Personal Account of Ruin and Redemption
My experience as a journalist covering the aftermath of the Wenchuan earthquake remains with me like a lingering and potent dream – now distant and past, but locked into my mind and within my spirit.
At 3:42 a.m., May 14, our flight touched down at the Shuangliu Airport, Chengdu City. It was raining, cold, and, seemingly with foreboding.......
