The man in the center, now a brother, described how he escaped. He was from WCh, working in DJY. He was under a mine on the other side of Longmen Mountain Range when the earth quaked. There were loud noises. They quickly elevated and noticed that the mine entrance was closing (getting smaller). They did their very best to get out of the mine, only to find that the situation outside was not any better. Huge rocks were rolling down from the mountain due to landsliding, making huge noises, and creating thick smog. People were running for their lives. Some who ran before him were hit by big rocks and died instantly. As he was running, a big stone (small rock) hit him right by his heart. He was struck to the ground, started to cough blood and couldn’t run. Someone that he doesn’t know gave him a hand and dragged him to run for a while. They managed to escape big rolling rocks, but small stones still keep hitting them. Soon, he fell behind, and couldn’t run any longer and fell unconscious. He must have slept for a few hours, as he woke up, it got dark. He picked up himself and kept running, still coughing blood. After a little while, he ran into another survivor who gave him some 云南白药 (special Chinese medicine). He took it and the blood coughing stopped. He waited for five days, gathering cookies or whatever edible from the dead, then walked for another 5 days until he met rescuers. With these few people miraculous saved his life, he understood that it must be the angels that God sent on his way. And he believes wholeheartedly and gives glory to the Most High. He also lost a daughter to the earthquake.

Rengui Zhou, 15 year old, 9th grader, attending Juyuan Middle School in DJY, where more than 1,800 students died during the quake. His class was the best among the classes ready for the High School Entrance Exams, originally scheduled in early June. On that day, this class was supposed to have PE class at 2:30pm. But in order to let them study more and be more competitive, the teacher-in-charge asked them to stay in the classroom to study. Their class has 60 students, 43 died, the rest become amputees; no one came out with one piece. Their classroom was on the 4th floor. As they were making their way out, a ceiling beam fell and chopped off the head of a classmate next to him, and blocked his way. He crouched with his legs stuck between cement blocks and his arms covering his head. In the beginning, he could still hear from students to his left and right. And they were encouraging each other to keep on going. By 8pm, those classmates breathed their last and it became silent. Renhui has the strong faith that his dad would surely come to rescue him. By 11pm, his dad and an uncle found him, and they started to clear the way to reach to him. By 3am the following morning, he was dug out, but lost his left foreleg as it was stuck. By 7pm, he was sent to the hospital and his left leg was amputated by half thigh the same day. Three days later, he felt severe pain on his right leg. After a series of test, it was diagnosed that the tissue of his entire right leg was completely dead. On May 27th, his entire right leg, including part of his hip, was amputated. When we saw him on June 5th, he was having fever and inflammation due to the unusual hot weather. Yet he finally could urinate since the last amputation surgery. When our coworker went to see him again on the 15th (the above left picture), he lost lots of weight. We heard that he was a little upset (quite understandable) when he learned that given his condition, he cannot have artificial legs. Yet he has been doing great in comforting the visitors and being very considerate to his grieving parents, who sleep on the bench of the hallway in the hospital for more than one month now. He is the only child of his parents. As I am writing this on the morning of June 23rd, he received the 6th surgery, cleaning the discharge in a big hole on his wound. Please continue to lift him up.