(Agencies/Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-05-20 10:54

Latest: Man alive nearly 179 hours after quake

31-year-old Ma Yuanjang is rescued and carried to an ambulance by rescuers after he was trapped for about 179 hours in the rubble of a power plant, toppled in the May 12 powerful earthquake in Yingxiu, a town in Wenchuan, May 20, 2008. [Xinhua]

Ma Yuanjang, a power plant executive, was rescued at around 00:50 am Tuesday from the rubble in Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, nearly 179 hours after the May 12 earthquake.

The 31-year-old survivor was pulled by a Shanghai rescue team from the debris of a flattened power plant, after more than 30 hours' efforts.

Rescuers found Ma at afternoon on May 18 at the debris of a flattened office building, when they were digging hole trying to reach Yu Jinhua, a colleague of Ma.

Followed by an amputation operation, Yu was rescued at about 6:00 pm on May 18. Rescuers then turned to Ma and sent sweetened water to him through a straw.

Ma was receiving treatment at the temporary clinic of the Chongqing No. 3 Military Hospital, and will be sent by air to a hospital in Chengdu.

He was a power generation department vice director of the Yingxiu Bay Hydro-Power Plant.

Ma Yuanjiang, the 31-year-old survivor, is saved by a Shanghai rescue team from the debris of a flattened power plant, May 20, 2008. [chinanews.com.cn]

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