From Mondays 7.9 magnitude earthquake, the amount of bodies being found is rising with the number up to 12,000. Soldiers are removing rubble without supplies, only using their hands to save others. Although a set back of arriving to cities is the amount of damaged roads. In the city of Wenchuan, over 70 percent of the roads are ruined which makes it hard to deliver aid to the city. The soldiers pulled over 1,000 bodies from rubble, but would not report how many were alive.
Over 25,000 people were trapped under buildings with the majority of them being in Mianyang City. Mianyang has had the highest death toll with 7,935 people and 18,645 trapped beneath rubble. Followed by the second highest toll in Mianzhu with 2,000 dead, Chengdu with 959 dead, Guangyuan City with 700 dead, Shifang with 600 dead, and many other cities as well.
An English teacher in Chengdu says,"The mood here has gone from fear, shock to real tiredness."
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