Children stare death in the face

Stories of heroism are not the only ones to have emerged from the darkness of the past week. Child survivors of the deadly quake have also been recalling how they coped with being trapped under rubble.

Their stories offer a glimpse at how many spent their time as they faced death.

When rescuers found Deng Qingqing, a first-grade student at Yinghua Town Middle School in Shifang city, the girl was reading a book under a flashlight.