- Translated from Chinese by Candice Zhou
When the rescue team found her, she was already dead, crushed by the collapsing building.
Through the gap of a pile of rubble, the resucers saw her in a strang kneeing position, upper body bending forward, two arms stretching to support the body, as if in an ancient ceremony.
The rescuers shouted toward the debris, tapped on the bricks. No response. They moved on.


The team leader suddenly realised something. He rushed back. “Come! Come!”, shouted he. He moved closer to her, stretched to reach underneath her upper body. After trying several times, he shouted, “There is someone! There is a child! Alive!”


After while they managed to remove the rubble on top of her. Underneatch her chest, protected by her arms and legs, was this baby, wrapped in a red quilt with yellow flower spots, only 3 or 4 months old, sleeping, uninjuried.


A doctor came to examine the baby. Unfolding the quilt, a mobile phone dropped out. On the screen, there was a text message, “My dear baby, if you survive, remember I love you.”


The doctor, who had seen too many terrible things in the last few days, bursted into tears. The phone was carefully passed around the rescuers, so as the tears.




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