Where lives and loves lie in ruins

Three sleepless nights have passed since the earth jolted and shook the whole country Monday afternoon.

Tears keep swelling up in our eyes as we see towns and cities reduced to rubble and watch victims, especially young girls and boys, helped out of twisted concrete.

Many of us feel helpless knowing that tens of thousands are trapped under fallen concrete or buried or missing in landslides, as a result of the great earthquake with its epicenter in mountainous Wenchuan, Sichuan province.