Man rescued after 100 hours under rubble
Saturday, May 17th, 2008Benjamin Morgan; 16/5/08
Rescue crews pulled a man from a crushed building today exactly 100 hours after China’s quake, but only after amputating an arm and a leg in a desperate bid to save his life. Rescue workers, army troops and a tense crowd of about 100 onlookers erupted in wild cheers and applause as Liu Deyun was pulled to safety after a 12-hour rescue effort that gripped this quake-pulverised town since early morning. Liu being pulled from the rubble of a collapsed factory building at 6.28pm (2028 AEST), 100 hours to the minute after China’s biggest earthquake in a generation flattened huge areas of southwestern China. “It was a miracle, but miracles happen through hard work and this happened through our hard work,” Zhao Hongxing, an army doctor who was involved in saving Liu, said.
