Strength for the future

When Song Yanmei recently visited An Le in Luoyang, Henan province, she did not talk much about the quake last May, when the soldier rescued her from the rubble.

"We chatted about other stuff like old friends," says Song, 22. "He is a year younger than me, just like a little brother."

Song was buried by the quake last year for 72 hours in Yingxiu, a township in the quake epicenter of Wenchuan county, before An saved her.