Chinese earthquake fatalities approaches 15,000

The numbers of victims in China’s massive earthquake continue to rise, and right now the number is being stated to be 14,866, but you can be sure that that number is no where near to being accurate.

Monday’s earthquake in China was a 7.9 magnitude, and is being described as the country’s biggest natural disaster in the last 30 years. While the number of victims is being stated to be 14,866, there are still tens of thousands of people listed as missing.

It’s a sad story over there, and I read a story today over on ABC that discussed how one village was all but wiped out in the earthquake. Workers entered the town of Yingxiu where 10,000 people lived before the earthquake, and out of that 10,000 people, only 2,300 people were able to survive the earthquake.

The more you read, the sadder the situation becomes, as you realize that thousands of people, from babies all the way up to the elderly have been trapped between fallen walls since the china earthquake brought their building to the ground on Monday. Rescue workers report that they are saving some, but the vast majority of people they are finding in the fallen buildings are being found dead.

from ABCnews.com

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