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May 15 2008, AP

After 11-year-old Zhang Jiazhi crawled free of the rubble that remained of his middle school, his parents began a 20-hour ordeal to get medical care for their son, whose arms were crushed to a pulp.

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Actress Emily Deschanel from the show “Bones” arrives at the Fox Upfront after party at Wollman Rink in Central Park on Thursday, May 15, 2008.