Survivors' accounts

Local leader too busy to mourn lost family members

Although eight of his family members died in the magnitude-6.5 earthquake on Sunday, Tang Zhengyun doesn't have time to grieve or even attend their funerals.

The Longquan community, one of the largest in heavily damaged Longtoushan township, suffered heavy casualties. More than 200 people there died in the earthquake, and more than 4,000 survivors need help.