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AROUND2:28pmonMonday,ZhuQihadhisfirstbrushwithterror.He’dbeenawakenedfromanafternoonnap.Hisbunkwasshaking.Thedoortohisdormitoryroomwasjammedshut.WhenZhu,apostgradatChengduUniversityofTechnology,managedtojoinhisclassmatesoutside,theearthhadstoppedmoving.Butthedamagehadbeendone.

Atareauniversities,studentshadfleddormsandclassroomswiththeclothesontheirback.Butatleasttheywerealive.Only96kilometersawayinWenchuanCounty,thousandsofpeople,youngandold,wereburiedinrubble.

The7.8-magnitudequakehaddevastatedaregionofsmallcitiesandtownssetamidthesteepandforestedhillsofnorthwesternSichuan.ThequakeisChina’sworstinthreedecades.Thefullreachofthedamagehasyettobedetermined.Bypresstime,around12,000peopleweredead.

Some1,300rescueandrelieftroopsarrivedforthefirsttimeatWenchuanCountyonTuesday.

LiFuhang,ajuniorattheChengduInstituteofSichuanInternationalStudiesUniversity(CISISU),couldonlythinkofhisparentsathomeinDujiangyanCounty.Shortlyafterthequake,hetriedtocallthem.Hecouldn’tgetthrough.Fearingtheworst,heloggedontoQQ,wherehelearnedthathisparentshadbeenspared.

Hisfatherhadbeentravelingandwas800kmfromChengdu.HismomwaspickinguphiscousinfromaschoolinDujiangyanwhenshefeltthequakeandwatchedasbuildingsaroundherbegantocollapse.

“Wechattedbriefly,”saidLi.“Ihaven’theardfromthemsince,butIfeelgood.IfeellikeIhavebeensavedfromhell.”

Otherstudentsarestillawaitingnewsoflovedoneswholivednearthequake’sepicenter.WenZao,anadvisoratCISISU,saidtheschoolisdoingitsbesttoeasetheiranxiety.

“Theadvisorshavetalkedtoeachofthemandaskedabouttheirfamilysituations,”shesaid.“We’rehelpingthemcontacttheirfamiliestorelievetheirworries.”

Meanwhile,studentsallovertheregionarewaitingtofindoutwhattheimmediatefuturewillhold.OnTuesday,theMinistryofEducationaskedschoolsanduniversitiestoadjusttheirteachingschedulesinlightofthedisaster.Bypresstime,theserevisedscheduleshadnotbeenannounced.

“Lastnight,atouruniversity,20,000studentsspentthenightonthepitch,”saidZhu,thegradstudentwhowasawakenedfromhisafternoonnap.“Wedon’twanttodoitanothernight,becauseitisstillraininghere.”

Headmitsthathehasalotmoretobethankfulforthansomepeople.“Ifeelbad.Iheardthatmorethan10,000havebeenkilledandthatthenumberkeepsgrowing.

“IhavebeentoWenchuanbefore,thepeoplethereareniceandfriendly,Ifeelsad…”hesaid,hisvoicetrailingoffintosilence.