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Tonight I ordered something from Hello Pizza, and when the deliveryman got here, all of a sudden he started telling me about how he is from Szechuan, near where the earthquake hit, and how he has not been able to get in touch with his family to see if they are okay. What could I say? I felt really bad for him. He was really young, like nineteen, and seemed like a really nice guy. I just told him that I hoped they were all okay. He said that all the phone lines are out near his hometown, and that is why he hasn’t been able to call them. I just told him again that I hoped they were all okay, and that my university was having a benefit activity which I would contribute money to tomorrow. (There are three donation collection points in my school, but I didn’t know how to say that.)

Last I saw, the death toll is close to 15,000. There is one town of 9,000 where only 2,500 people are accounted for, and half of those are seriously injured.

Good luck, pizza man’s family!

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