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Earthquake
Diary (5)
The
Chinese Army
18 February 2009
This
is the most amazing eyewitness account of a huge event.
Through his camera lens, the author known as 新洋, recorded and
reported, and is still recording and reporting to this
very day, the horrific catastrophe and incredible human response. The
following are the images edited from some of his photos
and English translation of the related notes:
1, Eyewitness Report through the Lens
2, The Rescue Efforts
3, The Tentative Recovery
4. The Support
新洋 29 May
2008
The PLA officers and soldiers help
residents to remove furniture from a house
seriously damaged in the quake through a broken
staircase.
Ever since the establish of the
People's Republic of China in 1949, the People's
Liberation Army has always been the main force in
almost every major rescue operation, be it
bushfire, flood or snow storm. So is the case
with the most deadly earthquake in Chinese
record.
One more piece of furniture has
been saved.
Don't mistake them for peasant labourers working at construction site - these young men are in
fact highly trained tank and military armour
specialists.
Chinese army is not just a power
to destroy something that is harmful, but a force to create something that is valuable: after demolishing the
old, they begin to build new home for quake
victims.
As some quake survivors are yet to
recover from the shock of losing loved ones and
lifetime savings, and could only sit in the shade
gazing on, the PLA officers and soldiers are
working in the sun and sweating their guts out to
build new homes for them, and doing so
cheerfully.
Other survivors quickly join the
effort of rebuilding their lives.
Still some start to resume a high
tech life style in their temporary abode set up
by the PLA.
Just in a few days of time when I
stay in this little village, a brand new
residential block has been erected from scratch.
What a remarkable pace of work!
6, The Reflection
7, The Hope
8, The United Efforts
(Original post in
Chinese can be viewed at
forum.xinhuanet.com/detail.jsp?id=54276745&pg=1)
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