Meet the small but mighty, mighty brave boy

LANZHOU, Gansu: Tong Shiqiang dashed into a kindergarten behind his primary school several times, carrying a couple of kids each time he rushed out of their classroom on that fateful day.

All of 14 years old and 1.5 m tall, Tong can now win a national bravery award for saving seven children.

The grade-6 student was attending a Chinese language class in Zhongwang Primary School in Qishan village of Longnan city, one of the worst-hit areas in Gansu province, when the deadly quake struck on May 12. There were 49 other students in his class at the time.