In China, a thirty-one-year-old man was rescued Monday after being trapped for nearly 179 hours following last week’s devastating earthquake. Ma Yuanjiang was pulled from the rubble of a power plant after a thirty-hour rescue operation. The official death toll of the earthquake has now topped 40,000. Chinese officials say another 245,000 people have been injured, and 32,000 people are missing.
Death Toll from Chinese Earthquake Tops 40,000
HeadlineMay 20, 2008