The earthquake's destruction of Xinjian Primary School was swift and complete. Hundreds of children were crushed as the floors collapsed in a deluge of falling bricks and concrete. Days later, as curiosity seekers came with video cameras and as parents came to grieve, the four-story school was no more than rubble. Full Story »
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In the few pictures that have come out of this disaster, you don't see much rebar sticking out of the shattered pieces of concrete.
This is an important article, but it only touches the surface of the engineering problems in China, which led to many of the unnecessary causalities. Why was there such a discrepancy in building practice between nearby buildings?
A detailed account of the collapse of the school and the buildings around it, the reactions of the parents of the children who lost their lives under the rubbles.
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