Wednesday, 14 May 2008
FIELD IS TURNED INTO MAKESHIFT MORGUE WITH BODIES OF STUDENTS CARRIED INTO TENT EVERY FEW MINUTES.
numb with grief, parents and family members waited anxiously as rescue workers pulled one teenage corpse after another out of the shredded remains of juyuan secondary school. all it took was a single sign- bag, shoe, schoolbag or a shirt for hearts to shatter as the lifeless body of a son or daughter is recognised. the wailing would lead other parents to crowd around the body, making sure it was not their child.
"he is such an outstanding boy!" the mother of 15 year old liu dingxian wailed, throwing herself over her son's body. inconsolable as well, his grandfather said in between sobs that he had waited without food or sleep since monday for enws of dingxian.
juyuan secondary school is where 900 students were feared buried under rubble after the school collasped during monday's powerful earthquake. the school was due to send off a new raduating class later this month. yesterday, its grounds were a makeshift mortuary.
credits: the straits time
wednesday, may 14 2008
04:13
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