Song Xinyi, a 3-year-old earthquake survivor, is saved in earthquake-hit Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14, 2008
It is a miracle that this lovely toddler, Song Xinyi (only 3-years-old) survived the earthquake in Beichuan County for more than 40 hours! She was found under the dead bodies of her parents who had sacrified their lives to protect her. Her legs were seriously injured and needed urgent surgery. It is truly amazing that one so tiny and fragile as Xinyi could survive this long without food and water and she still had the capacity of mind to sing a nursery rhyme when rescuers found her and she could still hold a conversation while rescuers were attempting to save her from under the many layers of rubbles! Truly an epitome of the Human Spirit!
Tears of both joy and pain welled up in my eyes looking at these pictures! While she had survived, she had also lost both her parents! It is such collision of emotions that makes it hard to bear seeing the news, photos and videos of this tragic event and at times I just felt like asking "Why? God!"
While I am unsure if Xinyi knew that her parents will no longer be there for her, I am very sure that with such a big spirit in her at so young an age, she will be OK to go on with life's little journey.
Her story will be one that I will always remember.
Hello! Little Miracle!
Though we share this humble path, alone
How fragile is the heart
Oh give these clay feet wings to fly
To touch the face of the stars
Breathe life into this feeble heart
Lift this mortal veil of fear
Take these crumbled hopes, etched with tears
We'll rise above these earthly cares
Cast your eyes on the ocean
Cast your soul to the sea
When the dark night seems endless
Please remember me
--- from Loreena McKennitt's Dante's Prayer
Dedicated to those who have perished, those who as yet still unfound and those who have lived through the ordeals of the Sichuan Earthquake 5.12.2008, including those who have volunteered, contributed and those rescuers who are working tirelessly around the clock at the earthquake-hit sites, fighting against time and odds in search of lives and saving lives as we speak..........
All of you will be remembered!
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