Editor's Note:
Today marks the 11th anniversary of the Wenchuan earthquake. The magnitude-8.0 earthquake hit cities in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008, and claimed more than 69,000 lives and left nearly 18,000 missing. Let’s take a retrospective look at the scenes during the rescue operations after the earthquake. Photos: VCG
A man is rescued out of the debris by rescue workers after being trapped for 101 hours at Shifang, Deyang, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province on May 16, 2008. Photo: VCG 
A volunteer talks to a little girl to offer psychological relief at a temporary shelter of Anyong town in Mianyang, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province on July 22, 2008 after a magnitude-8.0 earthquake hit Wenchuan, Sichuan on May 12, 2008. Photo: VCG 
A survivor extends his hand out of the debris of a collapsed building at Beichuan county, Mianyang, SW China’s Sichuan Province on May 13, 2008. Photo: VCG 
After conducting rescue work continuously, firefighters lay on the debris for temporary rest at rescue fields in Yinghua county and Hongbai county, Shifang, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province on May 17, 2008. Photo: VCG 
Pictured is one of the two survivors rescued at Yingfeng chemical plant in Shifang, SW China’s Sichuan Province after being trapped for 105 hours, in a joint rescue operation conducted by PLA officers and soldiers from Sichuan and firefighters from Zhengzhou, Central China’s Henan Province on May 16, 2008. Photo: VCG 
A doctor participating in rescue work for victims of the magnitude-8.0 earthquake sheds tears at Dujiangyan, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province on May 15, 2008. Photo: VCG 
On May 15. 2008, firefighters from Central China’s Henan Province marched with technical rescue equipment towards Hongbai county, Shifang, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province which was badly hit by the magnitude-8.0 earthquake on May 15, 2008. Photo: VCG
