Article: Feature: Quake orphans find love, but no families

Feature: Quake orphans find love, but no families

by Xinhua writers Ji Shaoting, Wu Chen and Yu Xiaojie

MIANYANG, Sichuan Province, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- When 10-year-old Zhao Guodong started convulsing at midnight in Zitong Children's Welfare Home, care was close at hand.

"I knew nothing at that time. I only remember I was in hospital, and there was an aunt in purple clothes holding my hands," says Zhao, who lost his parents in the May 12 earthquake in southwest China.

The "aunt" was Bai Lifang, a worker in the home in Mianyang County, Sichuan Province. She held his hands for seven hours that night to prevent the boy hurting himself. Bai said she dared not close her eyes. "I could not ...

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