The video was made May 15- just a few days after the earthquake in China. The person trapped under the rocks is 26 year old Chen Jian; he has been pinned down by the rubble for 73 hours, without food. The reporter interviews him and is astonished at his courage. Chen states:

I am a lucky as well as unlucky person in the Beichuan earthquake. I felt that I escaped from the hands of Death. Many of the others are less fortunate. I am pinned underneath three pieces of pre-fabricated slabs and I cannot move. I have not eaten anything for three days and three nights. I only drank some water. I must be strong. I have to be strong. I have to be strong for everyone who loves me. I must live for their sakes, because they have been so good to me. I hope that you can be just like me and not be intimidated by any hardship.

The reporter then gives him the mic and asks if he wants to say anything. Chen tells his wife he loves her very much and he’ll get out very soon. He then tells the reporter that all he wants to do is live his simple life and he has no aspirations to do anything but that.

The rescue workers assure him that he’ll make it out safely. After 6 hours they finally manage to get him out. Unfortunately it was too late; when they put him on the stretcher, he passed out and never covered.

It’s really sad that he hung on for so long, but couldn’t finish. But you have to respect that he was trapped under rocks for more than three days and managed to stay alive.

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