Wenchuan quake survivor follows in his hero's footsteps
Twelve years ago, Cheng Qiang was a 12-year-old boy who held a sign(say) ''I want to become an airborne trooper(空中骑兵)when I grow up. ''when he saw airborne troops leave their rescue work in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Now Cheng has become a soldier of the Chinese airborne troops, just he said he would.
Looking back on the day when the earthquake happened, Cheng had a lucky escape as he had skipped school and (go)swimming in a pond in Shifang, Wenchuan. But the earthquake destroyed his home and took away the(life)of his little niece and his classmates.
''We survived but fell into despair, not knowingto do, '' he said. Then on the second day of the earthquake came the moment he will never forget-a large number of airbome troops appeared in his hometown, carrying rescue supplies. Later, he knew Huang Jiguang was at the troop unit.
Huang Jiguang is a Chinese war hero sacrificed(牺牲)himself in the Battle of Shangganling during War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in 1952. ''Huang and I both come from Deyang, Sichuan province. The airborne troops are just like my family.'' Cheng said. ''So I made up my mind(become)one of them who could bring people strength and hope, '' he said.
