quote [ What follows is their harrowing journey out of hell, and while it is long, it is so worth the time. Read it now before this makes the email rounds and thus both Lorrie Beth and Larry end up vilified on conservative blogs. I promise, there is no politics here. Just a true story. ]

quote [ "When the tragedy did happen, a total of 89 students, along with three adults, were swept to their deaths last Friday afternoon when a torrential flood hit a primary school in Shalan, a remote town in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang." ]