Man missing for 17 days after Sichuan earthquake found alive


In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, people carry out an injured person evacuated in the aftermath of an earthquake from Mozigou village near Moxi Town of Luding County on Sept. 8, 2022. - AP

BEIJING (China Daily/Asia News Network): A hydropower station employee who had been missing after a magnitude-6.8 earthquake, on Sept 5 in Sichuan province, had been found alive on Wednesday (Sept 21).

Gan Yu, 28, was rescued on Wednesday morning by Ni Taigao, a villager in Yaojin village in Shimian, a county under the administration of Ya'an, Sichuan province, heard his yell for help in the mountain, according to Shen Xiaobing, head of the township government.

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