In China: A Moment of Silence to Mourn Quake Victims [News]
Monday, May 19, 2008 - 15:35
in Earth & Climate
CHONGQING, China--The people of this city stood stock-still and bowed their heads for three minutes of silence beginning at 2:28 P.M. local time this afternoon, solemnly observing the one-week anniversary of the earthquake that the government estimates has killed nearly 35,000 people in Sichuan Province and injured nearly 250,000. Drivers honked their horns in solidarity as sirens and horns blared to mark the somber occasion. [More]