By yesterday afternoon, devastated parents and soldiers had turned the school sports field into a quagmire as they worked through the night to dig hundreds of children out of the rubble.

• 到昨日下午，悲痛欲绝的家长和赶来救援的官兵已经把学校操场变成了一片沼泽泥潭。他们连夜工作，以期尽早救出被掩埋的数百名学生。