When the WenChuan earthquake happened, the whole country was in sorrow.
The death toll rose from over 5000 people to over 7000 people and then to over 8000 people. According to the latest statistics from the civil affairs department, by 7 o'clock today, the WenChuan earthquake has already caused 9219 deaths in Sichuan, GanSu, ShanXi, ChongQing, YunNan etc. The death toll may continue to rise. At the moment, more than 60 thousand people near the epicenter of the WenChuan earthquake are still missing and their life or death is unknown.
Every time the number of deaths written in black on white rises by one, a once lively life will be lost from this world; every second that passes, the possibility that a life survives will decrease. The passage of time and the barriers of space at this moment make people suffer more than ever before. Lives - yes, at this very moment, saving the lives of the disaster area residents is more important than anything else, bigger than everything else and more urgent than everything else.
We do not exactly know the names and previous living conditions of the people in the disaster areas, but the only thing we do know is that they are our compatriots, our brothers and sisters somewhere in space and time, and they have the same passion for life and dreams as us. A sudden great earthquake made many lives face death directly without having been fully developed, made many ordinary life ideals return to silence forever and never have the possibility to be realized.
People feel sorry for each other, let alone when lives fall one after another in large quantities, being buried under the ruins, struggling in the darkness and heavy rain. The pain and groaning of the compatriots in the disaster areas need to be heard, and the survivors need to use all forces to save the compatriots in the disaster areas who are suffering.
Many people are rescuing people with all their efforts in the disaster areas or going to the front line of disaster relief, and even more people perhaps cannot go to the disaster areas, rush to the ruins, feel the earth's trauma with their feet, and dig out the bricks and dust covering the bodies with their hands. But we have hearts, the life and death whereabouts of the compatriots in the disaster areas, which will touch the most tender and sensitive part of everyone's heart. Hearts can surpass all temporal and spatial barriers, be present as if on the scene, and feel as if experiencing it themselves.
Our eyes are full of tears and our minds are filled with sadness. Let us join hands, pass on warmth, and pray for the compatriots in the disaster areas with the greatest compassion. We don't just have hearts, we can also do more. We can stretch out our arms and donate red blood; we can open our bags and donate the materials urgently needed in the disaster areas. Busy people please put down what you are doing temporarily, and people on the go please stop your steps temporarily to mourn silently and pay respects for the compatriots in the disaster areas. We can also light candles and offer flowers to illuminate the night of another world where people close their eyes under layers of ruins.
The disaster areas are not isolated islands, and the compatriots in the disaster areas are not the victims of natural fate. Let us do everything within our power to protect and warm them, and let us pray for the compatriots in the disaster areas with the greatest compassion.
At this moment, we sympathize with people, but we do not lament Heaven!
(This article is reproduced from: Hubei Changjiang Business News http://www.changjiangtimes.com/)