Category: Accidents & Disasters
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31-He Wasn’t a Badge. He Was Someone I Knew.
He Wasn’t a Badge. He Was Someone I Knew. The World Cup started. People here watched the matches. The bars turned on their TVs. Kids ran around wearing jerseys. Social media filled up with goals, highlights, sponsors, stadiums, and national pride. The world was watching football. We were listening to gunfire. On June 10, along…
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29-He Wasn’t Rescued. He Was Dug Out.
He Wasn’t Rescued. He Was Dug Out. In Baoding, Hebei Province, a mentally disabled elderly man reportedly spent twenty years working in a cement yard. No wages. No identity documents. No real freedom. Every day he carried cement bags covered in dust. Dust on his clothes. Dust on his face. Dust in his hair, eyebrows,…
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27-The Next Car Falling Into the River Could Be Ours
The Next Car Falling Into the River Could Be Ours On the night of July 19, 2024, a bridge collapsed on the Daning Expressway in Shangluo, Shaanxi Province, China. Twenty-five vehicles fell into the river. Sixty-two people were killed or went missing. These were not “62 cases.” They were 62 human beings. People who thought…
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26-Eating Filth: A Society Where Everyone Poisons Everyone Else
Eating Filth: A Society Where Everyone Poisons Everyone Else There is an old Chinese phrase from times of famine: “trading children to eat.” It describes the collapse of humanity. But today, in some places, there is something even more disgusting. Not trading children to eat. Trading filth to eat. You sell me poisoned milk powder.…