Saturday, June 14, 2008


This picture portrays a scene of a rescue operation being carried out at a place where a disaster had happened, presumably the recent Sichuan earthquake, as most of the people in the picture are Chinese. Before this scene took place, I think that the families of the victims are informed of the earthquake happening there, before they rush to the scene. The people in the picture, are wearing a raincoat and are holding umbrellas, perhaps it is drizzling.

I think that the Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) dispatch this rescue operation, as the people from the rescue operation are wearing a cap with a Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) badge. I feel that this is a good way of expressing our concern to them and this may set a good example to the public: we must lend a helping hand to those in need.

I think that the person lying on the stretcher is probably a little boy since he has a short hair and has an arm of the size of a typical boy. I think that the woman with the red helmet and the man with a yellow cap are his parents as they are mourning upon seeing their child. I suppose their child is death and their ties are strong. As people in China are allowed to have only one child, I believe that this is their only child. It must be upsetting as their child they once had, had died in the blink of an eye. Since he is dead, I suppose they would be exempt from the one child policy and would not be able to enjoy the benefits given to parents who have only a child. I think that this is unfair, as the parents of the victim have a child once. Moreover, I think that we should help them at this point of time instead of following rules that are not beneficial to them as they have lost their love ones.

In the background, there is a crowd of people surrounding the area; I supposed that they are waiting for their family members to be rescued from the ruins of the buildings they are in. I think that they are wishing that their family members would survive from the earthquake.
After this disaster had happened, I suppose that homes will be built to those who had survived and are homeless and food rationing would be carried out for them. I feel that this catastrophe has help them to cooperate better and think for others, and I hope that people should cherish their life because, as you can see from the picture, your loved ones will be grieving the most.

Done by: Goh Guan Hui (4)



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