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Re-living the horrors of the Sichuan earthquake
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I arrived before dawn in Dujiangyan, 80 kilometers from the epicenter of China’s catastrophic May 12 earthquake. Nothing in my life had prepared me for the scale of the devastation, and as the sun rose over the city, I wandered amongst the stunned residents searching for their loved ones or setting up tents in the pouring rain.
On every block at least one building had collapsed. I came across an apartment that was half gone, with the part that was still standing collapsed to its ...
On every block at least one building had collapsed. I came across an apartment that was half gone, with the part that was still standing collapsed to its ...
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