Hidden stories of Sichuan Earthquake
Few days ago while Malaysian are celebrating 51st Merdeka there is another part of world that been hit by earthquake. The area affected are southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan province. That reminds me of May 12 and mind me I m not talking about May 13 which created by humans. May 12 is a the day where earthquake hits Sichuan at 7.9 Ritcher and it is one of the deadliest and strongest earthquake to hit China since 1976 Tangshan earthquake. Official figures (as of July 21, 2008 12:00 CST) state that 69,197 are confirmed dead, including 68,636 in Sichuan province, and 374,176 injured, with 18,222 listed as missing. The earthquake left about 4.8 million people homeless, though the number could be as high as 11 million. Thats how deadly the Great Sichuan Earthquake .Few weeks ago i came across an email by a close friend of my with comics that shows alot of touching moments during the earthquake. I couldnt help it but to drop a few tears myself while reading it. Is a comic strips drawm by Coco Wang . All the credits of these comic strips shall be given to Coco Wang himself as I m merely doing what I can to relay his stories.
Here it goes
Hello. This is Coco Wang.
As you know the breaking news of 5.12 Earthquake in China, almost all the TV channels in China are broadcasting 24 hours non-stop of every development and stories of all the rescue operations in all damaged locations.
I don't know how much information the BBC or any UK media received from us, I imagine the UK audiences were presented with the major developments of the incident, but you are probably unaware of many important and inside details which are only known to people inside China.
The amount of incredibly moving stories of victims, rescuers, volunteers is simply shocking at the moment. I have been collecting newspapers of all the stories, and telling them in the form of comic strips. I hope these stories could show the UK readers the love, warmth and courage of the Chinese people, also the sad and cruel reality of the horrible 5.12 Earthquake.
I am back home in Beijing now. Thousands of heart-breaking stories are happening 24 hours non-stop everyday, some are so sad that you can hardly bear, some are incredibly moving that you just can't stop crying... I wanted to go to the front to help with all those people, some of my friends have already gone there, but I heard that the traffic needed to be kept totally clear for rescue transportation at the moment, people like me without knowledge of first-aid and experience of rescue operations going there now would cause choas and trouble... but I can't just sit at home and do nothing, I have been crying my eyes out in the past three days, I have never felt more proud of my country and people... their love, courage and kindness rock me to my core! I have decided to tell these touching stories by drawing comics. I am going to send you comic strips almost everyday from now on, I hope you could know something about the earthquake in China, although you don't have to do anything, but I hope you could feel our love and hope.
Thank you all so much.
Coco Wang
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Once again all the comic strips above are art work of Coco Wang so all credit shall be given to Coco Wang himself.
All the comic strips above are taken from http://earthquakestrips.blogspot.com/
and the author is Coco Wang
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