Moving Stories in Earthquake Rescue Operations

Photo caption: A male survivor who was buried for nearly 179 hours was rescued in Yingxiu Town on May 20, 2008. On May 20, medical staff from the Xinqiao Hospital of the Third Military Medical University of the People's Liberation Army were treating Ma Yuanjiang. At 0:50 on the same day, the Shanghai Fire Brigade rescued a 31-year-old man named Ma Yuanjiang from the rubble of the Yingxiu Hydropower Plant in Wenchuan. He had been buried for 178 hours and 22 minutes and was the deputy director of the power generation department of the Yingxiu Hydropower Plant.