Time has slowly entered October, and the temperature here in the morning and evening can make people feel noticeably cooler.
In the faint longing, Yu Xiangnian's life is peaceful and sweet.
However, a sudden piece of news broke the peace.
That afternoon, Yu Xiangnian and his colleagues were at work when they suddenly received a message.
More than half an hour ago, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck San Francisco, and now it is impossible to contact the San Francisco Consulate.
San Francisco!
Lin is there too!
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake is enough to cause houses to collapse, bridges to break, and casualties.
It is now a little before four in the afternoon and the earthquake occurred around three-thirty, which is exactly the time when everyone is at work.
San Francisco must have been without water and electricity, and it was in chaos.
Thinking of that simple and reckless girl who had no family or friends there, she must have been terrified.
The embassy decided to send someone to San Francisco to check and coordinate rescue efforts.
Yu Xiangnian volunteered to participate in the rescue work, and Wen Qiuning also raised his hand to sign up.
The two looked at each other and nodded.
The director assigned eight staff members, including Yu Xiangnian and Wen Qiuning, to immediately go to San Francisco to coordinate rescue efforts.
The two places are far apart, and the fastest way is to take a plane. However, flights to San Francisco have been cancelled, and even many flights to cities near San Francisco have been cancelled. The few remaining flights are all full.
After much coordination with the embassy, a flight was finally booked.
While Yu Xiangnian and his companions were on the flight, other embassy staff contacted the consulate closest to San Francisco, sent a car to the airport to pick them up and take them to San Francisco, and at the same time contacted the country to report the incident.
We arrived at the airport at three in the morning local time, eleven hours after the earthquake.
At this time, Song Huaiqian in China learned about the major earthquake in San Francisco, and his heart sank.
He quickly asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for details, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs replied that they were unable to contact the consulate, the specific situation was still unclear, and the embassy had already arranged people to go for rescue.
Song Huaiqian felt a little nervous, he knew that Yu Xiangnian would definitely go to find Lin Ye.
If anything happens, she will contact her family immediately.
Yu Xiangnian and his friends got in the car again and rushed to San Francisco without stopping.
The first half of the journey was relatively smooth, but the closer we got to San Francisco, the harder it became.
The road was severely damaged, with many broken-down cars and people waiting for rescue on the roadside.
The car moved forward cautiously and had to stop in front of a bridge.
This is a three-story bridge. The earthquake caused the bridge to break, and cars on the top two floors fell to the bottom floor.
Many cars were crushed into discus by the broken bridge deck. Cars fell from above, one on top of the other, blocking the way forward. The bridge was also filled with a strong smell of blood.
Everyone had to get off the bus and walk.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, twenty-four hours after the earthquake.
Everything around came clearly into everyone's sight: the deformed cars, the blood on the ground, and the bodies squeezed in the cars. Each scene was horrifying.
Yu Xiangnian and Wen Qiuning looked at these tragic scenes, and felt as if a huge stone was pressing on their chests, making it difficult to breathe.
They couldn't bear to see this, so they turned their heads away and looked in the other direction, moving forward with their peripheral vision watching the road ahead.
They must rush to the consulate as soon as possible to check the situation there.
Each of them carried something on their backs, including radios, food, flashlights, first aid kits, etc.
There was chaos all along the way, with abandoned vehicles, collapsed houses, and injured people.
Yu Xiangnian and his companions walked for more than five hours and finally arrived at the consulate, a journey that lasted thirty hours.
As expected, the consulate's lines were down, and the building was dark, with only a few lights coming from candles and flashlights.
The museum was filled with homeless people, including local residents and our overseas Chinese.
Under the guidance and comfort of the consulate staff, everyone's emotions were relatively stable.
According to preliminary information, a part of the consulate's office building collapsed, causing injuries.
Those with serious injuries have been sent to the hospital, while those with less serious injuries have been treated by the doctors in the museum and have been put back into disaster relief work.
There were colleagues here to help deal with the matter. Yu Xiangnian was worried about Lin Ye, so he told everyone that he was going to the university to find her.
Although rescue teams from nearby cities have rushed here to carry out rescue work, the disaster is too serious, and there are injured and homeless people everywhere outside.
It was already so late, and no one felt comfortable letting Xiang Nian go alone.
Wen Qiuning said, "I'll go with you."
Later, the consulate sent a military attaché to accompany the two to the university.
The dark road was filled with people and was in chaos.
In college, it’s better.
The school used a generator to generate electricity, lighting up the few lights beside the football field, allowing all the students to stay on the football field.
From the moment Yu Xiangnian and the other two entered the university gate, they started asking about Lin Ye. They went to the football field to ask again, but they still couldn't find Lin Ye.
Where did this girl go? Is she safe?
Yu Xiangnian felt vaguely uneasy.
The three of them continued searching without giving up. Gradually, the sky turned pale and the scenery in front of them became clearer and clearer.
Several buildings of the school collapsed, some partially, and some completely.
Nearly forty hours had passed since the earthquake, and many rescue teams had rushed to San Francisco.
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