From my archive of press clippings:
AFP
American tourist joins pandas in 'surreal' earthquake ordeal
BEIJING (AFP) — An American tourist who survived China's deadly earthquake says he is not only lucky to be alive -- he had a "surreal" experience of sharing the moment with giant pandas.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Robert Litwak, 55, a member of the World Wildlife Fund, was stranded for nearly three days near the famous Wolong giant panda breeding ground in southwestern Sichuan province.
When the 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck early on Monday afternoon, Litwak and 11 other American tourists were in the enclosure with the pandas."
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"Litwak and the other tourists were a mere six miles (10 kilometres) from the epicentre of the earthquake, which officials estimate has killed more than 50,000 people and left nearly five million homeless. Yet none of the tourists -- or the pandas -- were killed or even injured."
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Monday, January 12, 2009
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