One man's walk against the odds

YINGXIU, Sichuan: Tashi was born with a biological deformity in his leg. But he walks faster than most people, even on the mountain roads to Yingxiu, damaged in the May 12 earthquake.

The ethnic Tibetan is a native of Aba in Sichuan province, which was devastated by the quake, and works in the nearby city of Dujiangyan.

He has to reach Wenchuan, he said. Why? "To save my family."