China earthquake:Bodies of mother protecting child found in rubble

The poignant moment rescue workers found the bodies of a mother protecting her child beneath the rubble of an earthquake

By Wil Longbottom
Last updated at 12:54 AM on 02nd September 2008

Rescue workers looking for survivors in the rubble in China's southwest region have found the heartbreaking bodies of a woman protecting her child in a collapsed house in Lixi.

The death toll from the earthquake in the Sichuan province has hit 38, two days after the most recent in a series of tremors.

An appeal for temporary housing and tents has been launched today after the earthquake, which measured as high as 6.1 on the Richter scale, left tens of thousands homeless.
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