China quake survivor rescued after 179 hours under rubble
BEIJING: A 31-year-old man was rescued Tuesday a miraculous eight days after China's earthquake buried him alive under a collapsed power plant, state media reported.
Rescuers battled for 30 hours to rescue Ma Yuanjiang, an executive at the plant, who survived for 179 hours when he was pulled out alive at 00:50 am Tuesday (1650 GMT Monday), the official news agency said.
The earthquake flattened the power plant where he worked in Wenchuan County, close to the epicenter of the 8.0-magnitude quake, the report said.
No details on his condition were reported but agency said he would be airlifted to hospital in Chengdu, the capital of Sichiuan province where the quake struck on May 12.
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China quake survivor rescued after 179 hours under rubble
BEIJING: A 31-year-old man was rescued Tuesday a miraculous eight days after China's earthquake buried him alive under a collapsed power plant, state media reported.
Rescuers battled for 30 hours to rescue Ma Yuanjiang, an executive at the plant, who survived for 179 hours when he was pulled out alive at 00:50 am Tuesday (1650 GMT Monday), the official news agency said.
The earthquake flattened the power plant where he worked in Wenchuan County, close to the epicenter of the 8.0-magnitude quake, the report said.
No details on his condition were reported but agency said he would be airlifted to hospital in Chengdu, the capital of Sichiuan province where the quake struck on May 12.
