When the earthquake strike in China (Sze Chuan province) on 12 May, many hearts were shattered...

Just by looking at the several days of coverage on all types of media is sufficient to make you feel the impact on the victims. The deceased suffered the pain during the split second when everything collapse on them, and the ones living/survived are suffering the pain of the lost of their loved ones... probably "pain" is not a word strong enough to convey their feelings...

One moment, they had everything which they could live and survived with, maybe not to a maximum extent, but it was still a day which they could get by like any other day.
Then the other moment, they are left with nothing, but only the remains of the everything they had in the previous moment.


As at now, there's already close to 29,000 deaths. Rescue operations are still going on... tens of thousands are still missing...

The architectures affected had schools in the list, many children didn't survive. Devastating parents were crying bitterly beside the body of their child... some were covered in tears as they carry the body of their child...


And the most upsetting thing is, China has the one-child policy, which means the parents lost their one and only child.


There are cases where the parents sacrificed to protect their children from the catastrophe, one of such was the parents were on top of the child when the rescue team found them, and the child below the parents survived, but the parents didn't...
Many children became orphans...

A picture tells a thousand words... especially in this case.
Words and description further substantiates the illustration of their situation.
It evokes the emotions within you to feel deeply for them...
Those who are in the front line rescuing the victims are worth our respect.


Though homes are gone, let us hope for more survivors, for homes can be rebuilt with human effort... maybe not the feel... but the physical building... a place to house their remembrance of their loved ones...

Let us all contribute, even though it may not be a lot, but a little here and there accumulates.
We are all on a more fortunate ground, very, very much fortunate...

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