Mandalay, Myanmar - April 2, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of Chinese rescuers walking to collapsed hotel, entering third floor to conduct initial investigation
2. Large hole on door for rescuers to reach trapped survivor
3. Various of rescuers drilling hole in floor to observe space below
UPSOUND (Chinese) Chinese rescuer (name not given):
"Drill a hole on the floor. He is right below. Let's drill a hole first, then use the 'snake-eye' device to observe."
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Tian Yuan, member, Chinese rescue team (starting with shot 3/partially overlaid with shot 5/ending with shot 6):
"We had only been digging for about 10 seconds when we heard the voice from the trapped people. My teammates and I immediately turned off the equipment, and we tried to speak to him. He responded and confirmed that he was about three meters from the hotel room's door on the second floor. At that moment, I felt goosebumps all over my body."
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5. Various of rescuers continuing drilling operation
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6. Various of rescuers observing space below, talking with trapped survivor, hole on floor
UPSOUND (Chinese) Chinese rescuer (name not given):
"Ask him what is trapping him, whether it's furniture or floorboards. What is on him?"
UPSOUND (Chinese) interpreter (name not given):
"He said nothing is on him. He wants to drink water."
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Pan Zhaohu, member, Chinese rescue team (partially overlaid with shot 8/ending with shot 9):
"We gave him some saltwater, which our doctor had prepared as a form of life support, and he drank a little. When I reached down to hand him the tube, I could see his hand. My hand touched his as I extended it downward."
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8. Rescuers talking
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9. Rescuers talking
UPSOUND (Chinese) Chinese rescuer (name not given):
"Tell him not to be afraid. We are using tools to break through, so there will be some noise and dust."
10. Various of rescuers enlarging hole on floor, removing debris
11. Trapped survivor raising his hand
UPSOUND (Chinese) Chinese rescuer (name not given):
"Look here. Look here. Okay. Good."
12. Various of rescuers pulling survivor from under rubble, putting him on stretcher
UPSOUND (Chinese) Chinese rescuers (names not given):
"Close your eyes. Help him. Close your eyes. Here we go, one, two, three. Close your eyes, put on the eye mask."
13. Rescuers wrapping survivor in foil blanket
14. Rescuers carrying survivor out through window of collapsed hotel
15. Various of rescuers carrying survivor to ambulance

A Chinese rescue team pulled a male survivor from beneath the rubble of a collapsed hotel in the quake-hit city of Mandalay in central Myanmar on Wednesday, bringing an end to his harrowing 120-hour ordeal.

He was the ninth survivor rescued by Chinese teams since the deadly earthquake struck the Southeast Asian country on March 28, which has claimed the lives of at least 3,145 people and left 4,589 others injured.

Following a tip from the local fire department, a Chinese rescue team, equipped with advanced radar detection devices, arrived at the Golden Country Hotel in Mandalay on Wednesday morning to begin their search operations. They detected signs of life within the rubble, located just 10 meters from the hotel entrance.

Upon entering the third floor, the team conducted an initial investigation and discovered a passage through the collapsed building where they heard faint knocking sounds, guiding them to the exact location of the trapped survivor.

The man had been buried under debris on the second floor. The rescue team first accessed a room on the third floor and cut a large hole in a door to reach a point above the survivor's location.

They then drilled a small hole in the floor to observe the space below.

As the drilling began, the rescuers heard sounds coming from below, signaling the survivor's presence.

"We had only been digging for about 10 seconds when we heard the voice from the trapped people. My teammates and I immediately turned off the equipment, and we tried to speak to him. He responded and confirmed that he was about three meters from the hotel room's door on the second floor. At that moment, I felt goosebumps all over my body," recalled Tian Yuan, a member of the Chinese rescue team.

The team learned that the man was in stable condition, trapped between two bed frames, and suffered from severe dehydration.

"We gave him some saltwater, which our doctor had prepared as a form of life support, and he drank a little. When I reached down to hand him the tube, I could see his hand. My hand touched his as I extended it downward," said Pan Zhaohu, another member of the team.

After confirming the survivor's exact location, the team reassured him and began carefully expanding the hole in the floor, prioritizing his safety throughout the process. Working in unison, they spent approximately an hour and a half enlarging the hole to a diameter of about 50 cm.

One rescuer carefully leaned into the space where the man was trapped and saw him raise his hand.

The rescuers continued to clear surrounding debris and cautiously pulled the survivor out of the rubble.

Once the man was freed, they immediately placed an eye mask on him and wrapped him in a blanket to keep him from hypothermia.

After three hours of relentless efforts, the Chinese rescue team successfully pulled the 52-year-old Myanmar national from the wreckage at about 17:40 local time.

Despite enduring such a long and harrowing ordeal, the survivor emerged with no injuries and was in surprisingly good physical and mental condition.