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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 14 > Rescuers reach epicenter, certain death toll will rise

Rescuers reach epicenter, certain death toll will rise

By Audra Ang / The Bulletin
May 14, 2008

MIANYANG, China — Soldiers hiking over landslide-blocked roads reached the epicenter of China’s devastating earthquake Tuesday, pulling bodies and a few survivors from collapsed buildings. The death toll of more than 12,000 was certain to rise as the buried were....

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