Quake rescue secrets on show for the public

By Zou Qi  |   2008-6-24  |     NEWSPAPER EDITION

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AN EXHIBITION of rescue pictures and equipment from the May 12 earthquake opened yesterday at the Shanghai Museum of Public Security.

The exhibition, which runs through August 5, is free and open to the public.

The exhibits include more than 200 pictures and 100 pieces of equipment such as life-detectors and tools used by the rescue teams from Shanghai.

Specialist policemen and firefighters traveled from Shanghai to the quake-stricken areas in Sichuan Province soon after the earthquake. The teams helped with rescue work as well as transferring injured people.

About 25 of the rescuers who have just returned from Sichuan will be on hand to explain the exhibits.

One of the guides, Wang Yongqiang is a firefighter who helped pull 20-year-old Jiang Yuhang to safety after he had been buried for 124 hours in Yingxiu Town.

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