Earthquake Hits Sichuan
We just got back from the town of Dujiangyan -- about 45 miles northwest of Chengdu.
Robert Siegel and I, along with interpretor Xiaoyu Xie walked in the dark from a Red Cross outpost in downtown to the site of the hospital where an entire wing collapsed. We spoke with a man waiting along the roadway to find out the fate of his sister who was inside.
Wailing sirens carried people away from the scene to hospitals in Chengdu. People were camped out for the night along the streets in the slight drizzle that started to fall.
-- Art Silverman
2:40 PM ET | 05-12-2008 | permalink







