Man found after 17 days lost in Chinese mountains after earthquake

A man misplaced in steep and tough mountains after a devastating earthquake that killed 93 folks in China has been rescued after 17 days.

A magnitude 6.8 quake hit Sichuan province on September 5, with a lot of the injury concentrated in Ganze Tibetan Autonomous Area within the province.

The devastating earthquake killed 93 folks and injured greater than 400.

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Rescuers carry a villager throughout a river following an earthquake in Moxi City of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. Dozens folks have been reported killed and lacking in a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook China's southwestern province of Sichuan on Monday, triggering landslides and shaking buildings within the provincial capital of Chengdu, whose 21 million residents are already underneath a COVID-19 lockdown. (Cheng Xu(AP)

Gan Yu was serving to injured colleagues on the Wandong hydropower plant the place he labored however within the turmoil of the incident, he misplaced his glasses rendering him unable to flee the mountainous terrain, state-owned China Nationwide Radio (CNR) reported.

Gan and his colleague Luo Yong tried to depart the plant by strolling for 20 kilometres within the mountains however have been unable to navigate the tough and steep terrain.

Emergency companies have been scouring the mountains for survivors after the earthquake however Gan and Luo could not be discovered regardless of their greatest efforts.

"We took our garments off, strung them on tree branches and waved them round," Luo stated.

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Emergency companies ship provides through a brief bridge within the aftermath of an earthquake close to Moxi City of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 8, 2022. Heavy rains are complicating earthquake restoration efforts in southwestern China, the place the loss of life toll from Monday's catastrophe has risen. (Shen Bohan/Xinhua through AP)(AP)

Luo finally went to search for assist and left Gan in a makeshift shelter. Luo was discovered on September 8 however rescuers have been unable to search out Gan.

Emergency companies discovered Gan's shelter and assumed he had died.

After 17 days, Gan was discovered alive however injured by a neighborhood villager who heard his cries.

He was taken to hospital the place he was handled for damaged bones.

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