Moving stories about mothers during the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

1. When the rescue workers found her, she was already dead. She was crushed by the collapsed house. Her death posture and knees could be seen through the gap between the piles of rubble. Kneeling, the whole upper body is prostrate forward, with both hands on the ground to support the body, somewhat like the ancients kneeling in worship, but the body is deformed by the pressure, which looks a bit weird.

The rescuers reached in through the gap in the ruins and confirmed that she was dead. They shouted at the ruins a few more times and knocked on the bricks with a crowbar, but there was no response from inside. When the crowd reached the next building, the rescue team leader suddenly ran back, shouting "come here quickly" as he ran.

He came to her body again and struggled to put his hand under the woman's body. He touched it a few times and shouted loudly, "There is a child. He is still alive." After some efforts, , people carefully cleared away the rubble that was blocking her, and underneath her body lay her child, wrapped in a small red quilt with yellow flowers. He was about 3 or 4 months old, because the mother's body protected her. He was unharmed and was sleeping quietly when he was taken out. His sleeping face made everyone present feel warm.

The accompanying doctor came over to untie the quilt and prepare to do some examinations. He found a mobile phone stuffed under the quilt. The doctor subconsciously looked at the phone screen and found that there was a written text message on the screen: "Dear Baby, if you can live, you must remember that I love you." The doctor, who was used to seeing separation between life and death, shed tears at this moment. The message was passed on by mobile phone, and everyone who saw the message shed tears. In the face of catastrophe, maternal love gave birth to seemingly impossible miracles.

2. When the May 12 earthquake occurred, Jiang Min’s grandmother, grandmother, mother, two-year-old daughter and other relatives in Beichuan County were killed. "Death happened in an instant. I knew that my lost relatives had been buried more than ten meters deep underground and could never be found again. I miss my daughter very much. She still said in her last phone call to me before the earthquake , Mom, I miss you.