Posted AT 6:05 AM EDT on 20/05/08
Truckloads of China's dead in need of final resting place
MIANZHU, CHINA — With more than 50,000 dead, there is little time for niceties in the disposal of the victims of China's massive earthquake.
At the Mianzhu funeral home, bloated corpses in body bags are sprayed with disinfectant and tossed into a truck like sacks of potatoes. The employees are doing their best to be respectful, but they are overwhelmed by the sheer scale of the disaster.
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