Taiwan News
Date: 2018/02/09
By: Central News Agency
Taipei, Feb. 9 (CNA) Hualien policeman Cheng Po-jen was on duty Tuesday night when
Photo courtesy of Cheng Po-jen (By Central News Agency)
a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the eastern Taiwan city, causing four buildings to partially collapse including the one in which Cheng lived.
But less than an hour after the earthquake, the policeman who lost his home plunged right back to work and joined in the search for people thought to be in the damaged structures who were unaccounted for.
“When I found out that my Yun Men Tsui Ti building had collapsed, I froze for a few minutes. I was dumbfounded,” Cheng told CNA Friday.
But Cheng said he quickly told himself that his building was gone and there was nothing he could do about it, so he might as well channel his energy into helping others. [FULL STORY]