Bridal reporter

Ya'an TV news reporter Chen Ying conducted street interviews immediately after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake hits Ya'an, Southwest China's Sichuan Province at around 8 am on April 20, when she was putting on the make-up for her wedding ceremony and was already wearing the wedding dress.

Source: Yangtse Evening Post

'I should have woken him up earlier'

"He was going to take the entrance exam for high school (in June). I wanted him to sleep more at weekends. I should have woken him up earlier," Zhang cried. Her 16-year-old grandson Junjun was killed in the earthquake because the neighboring house collapsed and hit the boy's bedroom.

Source: The Beijing News 

Mother's love

The woman pictured tried to rescue her son, who was trapped in the washroom when the deadly earthquake happened. The son begged her to leave him alone as he saw the rest of the house was beginning to collapse. However, the mother finally managed to move away a slab weighing over 50 kilograms by herself to save her son. She said she did not know where her strength came from.

Source: West China City Daily

Brave love

Lü Caiwen and his girlfriend Xiao Qin lived in a rented 2-storey house at the Tianquan county, Ya'an city. They were still sleeping when the 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurred Saturday morning. Lü was waken up by the wild shakes and immediately realized what was happening. As the ceiling was about to fall down, he quickly turned over his body to protect his girlfriend beside him. After the quake, the couple climbed out from the rubble, although Lü's head and body were wounded. Xiao said that she firmly believed Lü's love for her and was determined to spend her whole life with this man.

Source: West China City Daily