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May 18th, 2008
Posted: 06:50 AM ET
BEIJING, China ( CNN) — The death toll from last week’s devastating earthquake continued to mount Sunday as rescue workers searched for survivors among the rubble for a sixth day. By Sunday evening, the official death toll rose to 32,477, according to state-run media Sunday. Another 220,109 were wounded in the 7.9-magnitude quake, the Xinhua news agency said. But amid the bleak toll, small miracles emerged. Rescuers pulled at least 64 people alive from debris. A 53-year-old man was pulled out of the rubble in Yingxiu town in Wenchuan county near the epicenter 148 hours after the quake, Xinhua said Sunday. The effort took eight hours, the news agency said. Several others were rescued Saturday by Chinese soldiers, their hands stained with blood from days of digging. More than 4,000 troops were sent to the disaster areas in Wenchuan. So far, almost 60 aid organizations from 13 countries were assisting in the aftermath of the quake. Among the countries are India, France, Singapore, the Philipines and the United States. Two U.S. military planes landed in Chengdu Sunday with blankets, water and other relief supplies. The first plane — a C-17 cargo jet — flew from a U.S. base in Hawaii, while the second flight came from Alaska, officials said. |
 
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