Today is Children’s Day 儿童节/ér tong jié in China. The incrediblly courageous children in ravaged Sichuan speak out loud love, peace and hope/爱、和平、希望/ ài, hé ping, xī wàng.
The boy in this clip has become a national hero. He is 9 years old and his name is 林浩 lín hào. Here he tells matter-of-factly in his native Sichuan dialect how he carried 2 classmates out of the shambles. But he still hasn’t been able to find his own parents.
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June 13, 2008 4:08 pm
It’s a pity I was unable to view this clip properly as somehow the feed was poor. However I’d just like to say in the midst of devastating news such as this earthquake, it’s heartening to hear or read of such stories of love and human compassion. My wish for the victims of the quake is for the flame of hope not to die, but to find strength in their heart to build a tomorrow for themselves.
July 29, 2008 11:45 am
I would like to say that I was in Chengdu a short while after the earthquake and I saw many such stories on the tv there. There was continual updates on relief and rescue efforts, and thinking about it now still brings tears to my eyes. The shear scale of human tragedy like this is unimaginable until you can get close to it. Lin hao brings us very close.