Last bodies of Hualien earthquake disaster recovered

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/02/25
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan

Taipei, Feb. 25 (CNA) The last two bodies of people killed in the magnitude 6.0 earthquake in Hualien on Feb. 6 were finally recovered Sunday from the rubble of a collapsed building that is being razed to the ground.

They were 76-year-old Ding Wenchang (丁文昌) and 75-year-old He Fenghua (何鳯華), grandparents of a Chinese family of five who were all killed in a hostel that occupied the lower floors of the 12-story Yun Men Tsui Ti building.

The two bodies, which rescuers said were lying on a bed, were later sent to a local mortuary.

The bodies of parents Yang Jie (楊捷) and Ding Shouhui (丁守慧), aged 39 and 40, and their 12-year old son Yang Haoran (楊浩然) were recovered on Feb. 10.
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