I have just been watching the BBC news covering the appalling earthquake in China. Tens of thousands are believed dead. Two stories were featured.
In the first a father was seen sitting on a lump of concrete which had once been a hotel. He explained that he had called his son on his mobile phone and heard weak breathing. He had begged rescue workers to search for him. The rescuers broke through the concrete and tried their best to find the son with no result.
The sad pictures of the father still clinging on to hope still sitting on the wreckage moved me to tears.
Then there were pictures of a man trapped - injured but still alive - under the remains of another building. A TV reporter had given him a mobile phone to talk to his wife. He told her he didn't think he had much chance of survival. By the time he was extracted from the rubble it was too late . . .
In the first a father was seen sitting on a lump of concrete which had once been a hotel. He explained that he had called his son on his mobile phone and heard weak breathing. He had begged rescue workers to search for him. The rescuers broke through the concrete and tried their best to find the son with no result.
The sad pictures of the father still clinging on to hope still sitting on the wreckage moved me to tears.
Then there were pictures of a man trapped - injured but still alive - under the remains of another building. A TV reporter had given him a mobile phone to talk to his wife. He told her he didn't think he had much chance of survival. By the time he was extracted from the rubble it was too late . . .
The hopeless look of frustration and sadness on an army officer's face relates much more than I can ever write.
Because of previous Chinese policies to reduce population many families only have one offspring. Thus whole generations have been wiped out by this tragedy.
How fragile life is. . .
Because of previous Chinese policies to reduce population many families only have one offspring. Thus whole generations have been wiped out by this tragedy.
How fragile life is. . .
Watch these stories for yourself. Visit http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7407510.stm
and mourn along with me for those who have died - and those who survived.
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