'It is already 2am and under bright lights, rescuers are busy searching. At the other side was dim candlelight provided by parents...the air smelled of blood and the ground was crimson. When each body was carried out, parents hurried to identify it... They could only identify by the colour of socks or the length of nails, as some victims' faces were unidentifiable.'
A WOMAN SURNAMED WU, on her Internet diary, describing the scene at Xinjian Primary School in Dujiangyan

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