13 years on: Wenchuan earthquake survivors embrace new lives

Amputated man gives back to society

On May 12, 2008, Dai Guohong and his high school classmates were buried under debris in their classroom when the earthquake hit his home of Beichuan Qiang autonomous county.

More than 50 hours after the quake, Dai was rescued. He was the only survivor from his class, but his legs had to be amputated.

Dai started swimming in 2009 to recover, eventually going on to win many gold medals at paralympic competitions at home and abroad.

Since 2016, Dai started to promote life education, and in 2018, he became a volunteer commentator at the Disaster Preparedness Learning Center in Chengdu.