Posted on 15/05/08
Rare moment of joy as pregnant woman rescued
DUJIANGYAN, CHINA -- A Chinese woman, eight months pregnant, was pulled to safety yesterday after spending 50 hours trapped beneath earthquake rubble, setting off celebrations among beleaguered rescuers.Rescue workers pulled the pregnant woman's elderly mother to safety minutes later in the same place in rare good news from Sichuan province, where the official death toll has risen to nearly 15,000 from Monday's massive quake.
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