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By the time I completed this writing at 2:00 p.m., May 15, 2008, the so-called“golden 72 hours”had long passed. After this amount of time, based on average accumulated statistics, the survival of a person trapped under the rubble of a fallen building would be deemed a near miracle. Golden 72 Hours: What did it mean to the multitudes buried by the earthquake that struck Wenchuan County at 14:28, May 12, 2008?