On May 11 2008 late night, I had just finished packing my luggage, as I expected my ride to LAX (Los Angeles Int'l Airport) early morning of the 12th. Destination; Shanghai, China.
Back to my computer before going to bed to check on the late night email, I see the familiar CNN News Update titled "Major Earthquake evaluated at about 8 Ms, just hit in Sichuan province, China!" The time was May 12th 14h28 CST.
China Eastern flight 586 landed in Shanghai at 18h15 on May 13th, less than 30 hours after the initial shock. I was greeted at the airport by my Chinese broker who had come to pick me up to take me to Huzhou where I was going to stay for the next few days. Huzhou is about 2 to 2 1/2 hours drive west of Shanghai.
During the trip, I asked my broker for news about the earthquake tha day before.As we were discussing it, the driver must have picked parts of what we were saying and started questioning her in Chinese. He then slowed down and frantically started placing several calls on his mobile phone.
Perplexed, I asked Rachel what happened. She told me that the driver's family lives in Sichuan and he just learnt of the earthquake hearing us discussing it in the back seat!
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