[Explanation] At 19:05 on March 7, a building collapse accident occurred at Xinjia Hotel, Nanhuan Road, Changtai Street, Licheng District, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province. By 11:04 noon on March 12, all 71 trapped people had been found, and 29 people had been killed in the accident. On March 13, witness Wang of the accident accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency.

[Contemporary] The accident witness Wang

I should be eating, my wife is playing on the phone (on the bed). In the end, the hotel shook a bit. After shaking about two or three seconds, the ceiling (it collapsed). Then (hearing) a loud noise, it was dark, and there was a lot of gray in it.

[Explanation] In the early morning of February 26, Xiao Wang's father and cousin, together with their husband and wife, drove from their hometown in Hubei to Quanzhou, and four people were arranged to live in Xinjia Hotel for isolation and observation. Wang and his wife live in room 612.

[Contemporary] The accident witness Wang

Call my wife's name. My wife is active, and we can move slowly to the outside light anyway, climb to the place where there is light, and finally climb to that, it should be the highest point. We looked around and there was no earthquake, only our hotel collapsed.

[Explanation] About twenty minutes later, Xiao Wang and his wife were rescued by firefighters rushed to the scene, and his wife was taken to the hospital for treatment. After climbing out of the rubble, the couple shouted their father and cousin, but did not respond. Wang, who was not physically affected, stayed at the scene and took firefighters to find his father living in Room 616 and cousin living in Room 614.

[Contemporary] The accident witness Wang

I went back with the firefighters again, and went to that room to search for my dad and my cousin. About two o'clock in the morning, the bodies of my cousin and my father were discovered. They had no vital signs at that time. These are the people I personally touch. At that time, they were buried deeper, and those bricks and scums were pressed on them. At the moment when they saw them, they felt regretful and uncomfortable.

[Explanation] The death of his father and cousin has made it difficult for Xiao Wang to let go, and he still cannot eat. Xiao Wang told reporters that he and his father have a good relationship. The family has been doing a small business in Quanzhou for five or six years. My cousin came out with them to work for the first time after the Spring Festival. Xiao Wang said that his cousin was diligent and happy and came to Quanzhou to find a job. He just wanted to earn more money and go back to his home to build a house.

[Contemporary] The accident witness Wang

We came out with four people together, and two people said that if there is no, there will be no one. No one can bear this blow. In normal times, they have a good relationship with their father. They have been walking closer. My father has been with me and has never been apart.

[Explanation] After the accident, the relevant local departments actively rescued and carried out aftercare. The help and concern from on-site rescuers, surrounding residents, volunteers, enthusiasts and even the majority of netizens have never stopped.

[Contemporary] The accident witness Wang

There are those who give us food and drink, and those who seek us out. It just depends on what is happening to us mentally and what kind of pressure is there to guide us. Then, like some clothes, we came out without clothes at the time, and also bought clothes for us. Yesterday, we went to buy clothes. Today in our community and in the streets came to console us and visit us.

[Explanation] Xiao Wang's mother, grandmother, and two children were in their hometown in Hubei. After the accident, they were worried that grandma and mother could not bear it. Xiao Wang and his wife never informed the father of his death.

[Contemporary] The accident witness Wang

My father has died, and today is the seventh day. Actually, if you think about it alone, it's pitiful and lonely. We can't go with him. I still hope that this matter will be fair and just and give everyone a satisfactory account.

[Explanation] When the reporter asked Xiao Wang whether he would stay in Quanzhou after the aftercare work, he said that if he had feelings for this city, he would stay.

[Contemporary] The accident witness Wang

After all, Quanzhou has stayed for five or six years, and I have feelings for this city. Generally speaking, it is still quite good. No one had expected this accident, it came too suddenly.

Reporter Wu Shengwei Corning Fujian Quanzhou reports

Editor-in-chief: [Tang Weijie]