P.S. I attached a picture of me at a school we visited last weekend. The school was near the center of the earthquake. 1400 students were in the school and thankfully the building was sustained through the earthquake and all of them survived. But you can see the crack in the wall. The building had cracks in every wall, as though it had been picked up and dropped. The building next to this one was originally at the same elevation. During the earthquake, however, the entire building and the land under it rose up 2-3 meters. The whole experience of being there and talking to people about their experiences was very unreal. All of China responded to the earthquake and helped the people of Sichuan. It was so touching to hear the stories of love and support, of communities reaching out to one another. For those affected by the earthquake, I felt that their lives have been forever changed. They are much more conscious of their neighbors, their family members, and how precious life is.
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