Retiree, executive are latest miracle survivors

CHONGQING: More than a week after the magnitude-8 quake hit Sichuan, stories of miraculous rescues continue to emerge.

A 60-year-old woman was rescued at 6:45 pm yesterday from rubble in Pengzhou, Sichuan, more than 196 hours after the May 12 earthquake, Xinhua reported.

Wang Liqun, a retiree from the provincial capital of Chengdu, survived on rainwater, and was conscious when rescuers found her and rushed her to hospital, it said.