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Ohio Couple Tell Sichuan Quake Tales

By Andrea Hsu
Published May 27, 2008 at 1:00 PM PDT
This story was published more than 17 years ago.
Bill Burke, a family practice doctor, attends minor ailments in a mountain village near Chengdu.
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Bill Burke, a family practice doctor, attends minor ailments in a mountain village near Chengdu.

A husband and wife from Columbus, Ohio, had planned a trip to China with the humanitarian aid group Heart to Heart before the deadly earthquake struck in Sichuan province.

They decided to take the trip anyway.

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Andrea Hsu is NPR's labor and workplace correspondent.

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