The last entry on a blog called TGP1963 was posted at 7:49am on May 12. According to Hecaitou the blogger is a science teacher at Beichuan Middle School called Tang Guoping. On May 11, teachers and final year students held a sports fun event. Here are some of the pictures taken that afternoon.
The next day, 80% of the buildings in Beichuan county were destroyed. A thousand children were buried in the middle school. Tang Guoping (the man in the first photograph) is said to have been among the survivors.
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That picture of the goofy science teacher and his students is just so sad, knowing what came after.
very touching. heart breaking even. So many lives that had just started to be lived. It must kill the parents to see those pictures. so vivid. so alive.
Just finished watching Ruyi programme.
Glad to know all are safe after the quake.
that is gust so mean who would do that to a child
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