Man out from 'place of death'

Tan Bin breathed a sigh of relief yesterday afternoon when he heard a beep from his mobile phone indicating an incoming text message.

The message was a weather forecast for the city of Dujiangyan.

The moment Tan saw it the 56-year-old man realized that, after walking for about 24 hours, he and four of his colleagues had finally managed to reach Dujiangyan from Wenchuan, the epicenter of Monday's earthquake.