Ordinary people who make a difference

I met Yang Zhipeng and his 20-member team in Dujiangyan last Thursday, before that they had already visited the worst-hit areas of Beichuan, Anxian, Mianzhu and Shifang.

They are not professional rescue workers but the owner, cooks and waiters of a family-owned noodle shop in Zhengzhou, a city thousands of kilometers away from Sichuan province.

Shortly after the earthquake, Yang formed a team of his employees, and spent 200,000 yuan ($28,500) to buy everything they would need, from garlic to gasoline. He even loaded half his truck with bottled water to boil noodles in case clean water was not available.