China Earthquake Survivor-- a blessed baby
Today I was greatly touched by a picture showing a PLA soldier holding an infant and the powerful story behind it.
The surreal photo shows a young fully camouflaged military man carrying a 3 month old baby wrapped in pure white cloth along with a white hat to keep his head warm. The baby is sleeping in the soldiers arms as he is carrying the baby through the woods to safety---the baby not knowing the tragedy that has taken place in her Sichuan Province town of Dujiangyan.
The story says on May 13th, the second day of the quake, rescuers in Dujiangyan found a woman beneath the debris of a building. She was kneeling, her body bent, supported by her hands. She was dead. Then the rescue members found a baby under her. The baby was still alive!
Evidently, the dead mother was protecting the baby by using her own body. When rescuers unwrapped the blanket from around the 3-month-old baby, they read a test message on the phone screen. " My dear baby, if you live, you must remember that I love you."
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