May 12th of 2008 is a day which will never be forgotten by the Chinese. On this day, the strongest earthquake  in the history of the People's Republich of China scaled at 8.0 took place, striking an area of over 100,000 square kilometers, flattening dozens of towns and villages, claiming the deaths of over 60,000 people, leaving  millions of people homeless, thousands of parents childless, thousands of children without parents.

                   That's the time when the earthquake took place.That's the moment when millions of people lost their homes and loved; That's the moment that changed the future of millions.

      A short slide show of video clips and pictures of the quake.