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Trapped survivors freed after nearly 100 hours (AP)

Posted by on May 17, 2008

Soldiers evacuate the victims on a landslide-blocked road at Yingxiu Township in the epicenter Wenchuan in Aba Prefecture of southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008. China struggled to bury its dead and help tens of thousands of injured and homeless on Friday when a powerful aftershock brought new havoc four days after an earthquake. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)AP - A powerful aftershock knocked out roads and communications in some of the most quake-ravaged parts of central China on Friday, as emergency crews rescued 163 people who had survived up to 100 improbable hours trapped in the ruins.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

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