If we ran slowly that night ｜ "9 · 5" Luding Earthquake Reporter Notes

Cover Journalist Du Zhuobin

At 21 o'clock on September 5th, at the 9th hour after the earthquake, the two of my colleagues and I traveled to the county road on the Dadu River in the endless darkness, and entered the disaster area overnight -Wanggang Ping Yi Tibetan Township.

Along the way, with the faint lights of the car, the pits on the road and the gravel rolled from the mountain from time to time. At an important intersection, you can see the rescue personnel with serious expressions.

At 22:10, on the way to Wanggang Ping's Yi Tibetan Township on the Tibetan Tibetan Tibetan Township, suddenly encountered a huge miles to block the road. The residents of walking on the roadside said that this was slipped from the mountain after the earthquake, and there were many ways along the way. The roads that have entered the Yi Tibetan township of Wanggang Ping have been blocked. "There are hundreds of muds that have slipped in the most dangerous places," they said.

After being shocked, my colleagues and I intended to record some videos, passed back to the agency, and passed the situation of the disaster area.

Suddenly, there was a rapid sound on the road, accompanied by a strong wind. Two collapses! We ran back immediately.

In about 10 seconds, the collapse stopped. The place where we originally stood was buried by sediment, and the height reached half a meter. At the moment, my legs began to soften, and then trembled. This is the first time I feel the threat of death in my life.

On the way back to the Tibetan Tibetan Tibetan, Dilan Thomas's poem kept emerging in his mind: "Don't walk into that good night gently." After many late night, I would not be able to control myself: "What would happen if we ran slowly for 10 seconds?"

On September 7, the news of the roads leading to the roads of the Yi Tibetan Township of Wanggang Ping spread back, and my colleagues and I drove again.

The sediment accumulated in the dangerous road was cleaned up. The Dadu River was sparkling under the sun, and the thrilling night was like a dream.

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