A gift of life from angels in fatigues
Updated: 2007-09-26 07:16
Rescue timeline:
August 21 Six Russians set off on a canoe trip down the Yurungkax River.
September 2 They fail to meet their interpreter, as planned.
September 6 Hotan sets up a rescue headquarters after being informed about the emergency.
September 7 to 9 Hotan mobilizes 1,000 people to search for the missing but they find nothing.
September 10 A Chinese military helicopter joins in the search.
September 11 The Chinese helicopter finds abandoned rafts. A Russian plane carrying search and rescue members arrive at Hotan the same day.
September 15 Two bodies of the missing are recovered.
September 16 Two more Chinese helicopters join the search. A third body is found.
September 21 Rescuers find two survivors. There is no news about the sixth missing Russian.
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