Nearly 15,000 dead in earthquake; 25,000 trapped One rescue abandoned, survivors left to die In pictures - China's earthquake horror

RESCUE teams have been forced to leave trapped survivors of the China earthquake to die because it is too dangerous to try to save them.

TV footage of just one rescue effort unfolding in devastated Sichuan province has shown despairing relatives collapsing in the street as attempts to save their loved ones are called off.

Rescuers managed to pull a heavily pregnant woman and her mother out of a collapsed apartment block, relatively unscathed.

But the cheers of joy at the rescue was short-lived as experts judged the building unsafe - calling off further rescue attempts.

At least four people were known to be trapped, but still alive, in the ruins of the complex.

China has ordered more helicopters and aid into the earthquake-devastated areas as sever...

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