What happened to the children under the rubble 16 years ago?

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2024-05-12 10:21Posted on the official account of CCTV News of Beijing China Central Radio and Television

12 May 2008 at 14:28

An 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck Wenchuan, Sichuan

Nearly 70,000 people have been killed and 18,000 are missing

More than 370,000 people were injured

Since then, on this day in May, the Chinese people have been forever injured

16 years have passed

The years healed the devastation

Wenchuan has regained its footing from the ashes

The children who were rescued from the earthquake

How's it going?

During the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake

11-year-old Niu Yu was covered by a stone slab

Crushed under the rubble of a collapsed classroom

She lasted three days and three nights

When rescue came, his life was saved

But he lost his right leg forever

Such a reality made Niu Yu unacceptable for a while

After that, Niu Yu spent 10 years

Learn to accept imperfect right legs

She stepped on the "mechanical steel legs" to appear at Shanghai Fashion Week↓

Attach a glitter wand to the prosthesis

In the night, he walked out of the pace of "six relatives do not recognize" ↓

2023

Niu Yu was elected as a representative of the 14th Sichuan Provincial People's Congress

"I used to encourage people spiritually," she said

But now it's time to do more practical

Helping to give a voice to people with disabilities like me"

"Scars are not a shame on me

is a medal of my courage"

After the earthquake, I was buried for three days and three nights, and I was only 11 years old when my leg was amputated.

I didn't want people to find out that I was disabled, I usually wore baggy pants, and I either left early or last to eat. Even though everyone knew that my legs were inconvenient, I still wanted to hide and live like a normal person.

It took me 10 years to try to remove the artificial shell of my prosthesis and let everyone see me as I was. The moment that really changed me was the marathon held on the 10th anniversary of the Wenchuan earthquake.

I was last in the race, and in the last three kilometres, because of my slow pace, a lot of the runners had already turned back from both sides of the track. At that time, someone shouted "Come on, sister", and then everyone began to shout "Come on China" and "Come on Wenchuan", that scene really shocked me and even touched my heart.

Every step I took towards the finish line, I was thinking about the question, why am I so afraid of letting people know that I am disabled?

I have been really brave in the past 10 years, I survived the earthquake for 3 days, survived more than 30 surgeries, and I have completed my studies in the past 10 years, and I have not escaped anything. I think I'm so brave, I should let everyone see my bravery, instead of thinking that these scars, this prosthetic leg is my shame, it's my medal of courage.

After that day, I didn't want to sponge my prosthetic leg and I had to start my life again.

At the time of the earthquake, Gao Ying was only 14 years old

Crushed under the rubble for more than 20 hours

She was rescued from the rubble

The first expression given is a smile

Many people also remember this "smiling girl"

Because she was buried for too long, Gao Ying had to amputate her leg

But with an optimistic nature, she practiced walking hard

It became the hospital of the same period at that time

The first child to walk on his own

After recovering, Gao Ying successfully completed her studies

Last year, she got married and received blessings from the whole network

"I can still enjoy the sun

It's already a lucky thing."

A lot of people ask me why I smile when I'm rescued. I think that after being buried for so long, I saw the rescue officers and soldiers, and when I saw the light outside, that moment was like a new life for me, and I was very happy. Maybe I have optimism in my bones, and that's how I was born.

Later, I went through three amputations, and the doctors and nurses would take me to activities and go out every day, and my messy thoughts were all squeezed out. Their love makes me smile all the time, and laughter is also my way of giving back to them, hoping that they will look at me and laugh and feel that their efforts have not been in vain.

In my life after the amputation, I thought of myself as a normal person. Ordinary people also encounter setbacks, and setbacks are the norm, and it's good to overcome them. I was lucky to be able to enjoy the breeze and sunshine on this land, and some people never had this opportunity again.

The earthquake brought me first of all, because I could never get back the things I had lost, and I could never see the people I wanted to see again, but at the same time, it gave me insights, and I really felt the warmth between people in this society.

At the time, I didn't understand why there was selfless love and help between strangers, but later I slowly understood that this is probably the unity and warmth in people's bones.

When an earthquake occurs

The teaching building where Yang Lin was located collapsed in an instant

At just 14 years old, she did her best

Push two classmates to safety

But he suffered multiple injuries to his pelvis, chin, and legs

Later, he was transferred to Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital for treatment

At the hospital, Yang Lin refused to communicate with people

It was the medical staff who helped her out of the shadows

Since then, the "dream of medical care" has taken root in her heart

Yang Lin chose nursing as a major in college

After graduating, he came to the hospital where he had been treated

——Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital

Become a nurse in the rehabilitation department

"Because I have been illuminated by the light

So I want to be a light to others."

When the earthquake struck, the school building I was in collapsed from the third floor to the ground. After my classmate was rescued, aftershocks struck and I fell unconscious.

I remember that it was completely dark when I came out, and many rescuers were digging and digging on the rubble, and many parents and villagers were also helping. At that time, I felt very helpless, but a medical worker gave me a reassuring pill, she told me not to panic, and she helped me get a drip on the spot.

After the earthquake, the flesh wounds can still be beared, but the scars in the heart are not easy to heal. In the hospital, I refused to communicate with people at one point and closed myself off. In fact, every night I feel scared, I always feel that there will be an earthquake when it gets dark, and I am immersed in my thoughts and can't get out.

At this time, it was also the medical staff who came to enlighten me. The nurse sister took care of me like a baby, cheered me on, and helped me slowly come out of the shadows. Since then, I have been firm in my "dream of medical care".

I have been working in the rehabilitation department for 9 years now, and I have grown from a little girl full of fear to a nurse. I have always walked this path very firmly, because my life has been illuminated by the light, so I hope to be a beam of light for others and give a pull to people in the dark.

In 2008, during the Wenchuan earthquake

Kitagawa Ojiro 铮

Rescued after being buried in the rubble for more than 20 hours

He was only 3 years old at the time

I would like to express my gratitude to the People's Liberation Army for saluting the Young Pioneers

This scene touched countless people

He is also known as the "salute doll" because of this

Last year, Lang Zheng scored 637 points in the college entrance examination

Top 30 results in Sichuan Province

Admitted to the School of International Studies, Peking University

He hopes to do it on his own

"Speak up for your country

Defend the interests of the country

and a better international order."

△On June 8, 2023, Lang Zheng walked out of the college entrance examination room.

In 2008, Wang Guangqiang's hometown of Wenchuan County Radish Village

Severely damaged in the earthquake

Wang Guangqiang's life has also been rewritten

Although the family of four was safe and sound after the earthquake

But he never left the mountains

Alone was placed in Guangzhou to resume classes

After graduating from high school, Wang Guangqiang was admitted

Sichuan Film and Television Institute's Broadcasting and Hosting Department

After graduation

He didn't listen to his father and chose a stable job

Instead, he returned to Wenchuan and brought goods through live broadcast

Sell millions of agricultural products

"I hope to influence more young people around me," he said

Go back to your hometown and build your hometown"

During the Great Wenchuan Earthquake

Wu Junyi, who is still a primary school student

Buried head down in the rubble

When he was on the verge of despair

A pair of strong hands lifted him out

"I don't know what his name is

I only heard the crowd shouting at them armed police"

Since then, the "five-pointed star" on the shoulder of the uncle who saved people

It was branded in Wu Junyi's heart

When I grow up

Wu Junyi resolutely chose to join the army

Become an armed police fighter

He said: "If the masses of the people are in difficulty

I will also be like my uncle

It is incumbent upon us to help others."

Time travels through disasters and witnesses rebirth

Those teenagers who tugged at your heartstrings

has made fate bloom brilliantly

Today, we remember our compatriots who have lost their lives

It also remembers the life-and-death rescue in critical moments

Watching and helping each other in the face of disaster

At this moment, let's pay tribute to rebirth

Blessings Wangchuan!

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