Wife keeps elderly man alive for 11 days

A partially-paralyzed 80-year-old man was pulled alive from the rubble some 266 hours after the May 12 earthquake, CCTV reported yesterday.

The miracle rescue was conducted by a Shanghai police team on Friday in Mianzhu city of Sichuan province.

Xiao Zhihu, the latest success story of the rescue efforts still ongoing in the quake-hit regions, is in stable condition in a tent, it was reported yesterday.