At 2:28 PM, the Sichuan Earthquake Tore China Open | May 12 in History #history #onthisday #china

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[00:00:00]At 2:28 in the afternoon, Sichuan was still having [music] an ordinary day. On May 12th, 2008, the ground shook. It moved so hard that it could tear mountains open. The earthquake struck near Wenchuan, deep in [music] China's Sichuan province. It was measured around magnitude 7.9 in the Richter scale. Buildings folded, and because it hit during the school day, classrooms became part of the tragedy. Parents ran through dust and broken concrete looking for names, voices, movement. Rescuers came by road, by helicopter, sometimes with nothing but their hands. But the mountains kept fighting back. Landslides blocked rivers and buried [music] villages. By the end, nearly 90,000 people were dead or missing.

[00:00:53]>> [music] >> China rebuilt roads, homes, and schools, but some empty seats stayed empty.

[00:01:00]The Sichuan earthquake lasted minutes.

[00:01:03]For millions of families, it never really ended.