Chapter 354 A Narrow Escape
Margaret quickly and clearly said to the rescue team leader, "Please send a few more people with me to the school building to save people. If we're late, it will be too late!"
"Okay!" The rescue team leader had people grab the rescue equipment and hurried over.
Fortunately, the school building wasn't far from there. The building had also collapsed, leaving only one wall standing.
Juniper, ignoring the dirt and pain, climbed onto the pile of stones and started digging with her bare hands. Within seconds, her hands were covered in blood.
Margaret went over and pulled Juniper up. "You'll be in the way of the rescue team here. Alden needs professional help."
"Alden, you have to hold on!" Juniper clasped her hands together and kept praying.
"Make way!" The rescue team members behind them, carrying professional tools and machines, quickly arrived.
Margaret hurriedly pulled Juniper to the side, while the strong bodyguards assisted the rescue team members.
"Hurry up, please hurry up!" Juniper's nerves were taut.
It was getting dark, and if they still hadn't found Alden.
Juniper didn't dare to think further.
"Juniper, we will do our best to find your boyfriend as soon as possible," Samuel, who had been silently following Juniper, said.
Shovels and machines took turns, and the collapsed parts of the school building were gradually cleared away.
Just then, a bit of brown hair was exposed under the rubble, very short.
It was a man.
"Alden! It must be Alden!" Juniper had been staring at the team clearing the rubble, her heart in her throat. When she saw the short hair of a man, she nearly broke down, screaming in excitement.
"We see someone! Keep going!" As soon as the team member finished speaking, the ground suddenly shook violently—it was an aftershock.
Margaret felt a dizzying spin and held onto Juniper tightly, barely managing to stay upright.
The aftershock was so intense and sudden that a few rescue team members lost their balance and fell, dropping their shovels.
The next moment, there was a loud crash of stones and bricks.
The remaining half-wall of the school building also collapsed, burying the people under the rubble again.
The aftershock lasted for one or two minutes and then subsided, but now the school building had completely collapsed. The newly fallen half-wall and bricks were solidly piled on top.
"Alden!" This time, Juniper truly broke down, tears streaming down her face as she frantically tried to rush forward.
She had just found Alden, and now there was another aftershock. She really couldn't afford to lose Alden.
"To avoid casualties, let's speed up!" The lead rescue team member said, and several men got busy again.
Margaret, seeing Juniper's distraught state, quickly put her arm around her shoulder and softly comforted her, "Don't be afraid, Alden will be okay!"
"Quickly!" The rescue team leader shouted, and everyone worked together to lift the stone wall. A few people crawled in to rescue the person. Margaret didn't let Juniper watch, covering her eyes with her hands until the rescue team leader's joyful voice rang out. "He's alive! Ambulance! Stretcher! Quickly!"
Several people hurriedly lifted the man who had been buried under the rubble for a long time.
Juniper couldn't care about anything else. She pushed Margaret aside and looked down.
Her eyes fell on the man being carried out. Seeing it was really Alden, and Juniper's body swayed.
But his clothes were in tatters, his face and arms covered in dust, his complexion pale, and his lips chapped. Especially his right leg, not only was the pant leg torn, but there were also horrifying wounds, with the fabric of his jeans stuck to the flesh, which was torn and bloody.
As for the man himself, his eyes were tightly closed, clearly in a deep coma.
Juniper watched Alden in this state, overwhelmed by panic, unable to say a word, just staring blankly at everything in front of her.
The doctor from the rescue team quickly brought a stretcher, and several people placed Alden on it and carried him to the vehicle. Juniper and Margaret followed closely.
Juniper knelt beside the stretcher, holding Alden's hand tightly, tears falling onto the back of his hand. "Alden, you must be okay!"
Margaret pressed her lips together, watching the doctor who was examining Alden's injuries, and asked, "Doctor, how is Alden's condition?"
Based on her judgment, Alden's injuries were severe, especially his leg.
Sure enough, the doctor shook his head, his expression very serious. "It's not good. His condition is very critical. He was trapped under the rubble for too long, and after the school building collapsed, a large stone pressed on his leg. Combined with the intense shaking, it's a miracle he's still alive. As for his right leg, the wound is too deep, and the stone also compressed the muscles and nerves. Given the prolonged time, amputation is the only option to save his life."
Hearing that, Juniper looked up in shock, tears in her eyes, full of disbelief.
She instinctively tightened her grip on Alden's hand, looking helplessly at the unconscious man.
If he had to have his leg amputated, Alden would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
If he woke up and found out, he wouldn't be able to handle it.
She couldn't let Alden become disabled.
"Margaret, think of something. I can't let Alden lose his leg." Juniper's eyes were red, her voice trembling.
Margaret patted Juniper's shoulder and sighed softly.
In this situation, finding Alden alive was already a miracle.
Samuel looked at the distraught Juniper with worried eyes, feeling inexplicably pained.
He had never seen a woman like Juniper, willing to risk her life for a man, coming to a dangerous place with constant aftershocks.
Now, she was heartbroken for him.
Samuel instinctively walked to Juniper's side, tentatively holding her hand, and carefully comforted her, "Juniper, don't worry. Your boyfriend is very lucky; he will be okay. Once we get him to the town hospital and he has surgery, he'll be fine. Don't be too sad."
Juniper kept shaking her head, sobbing. "No, I can't let him lose his leg!"
Juniper knew Alden's strong personality. If he woke up and found out he had lost his right leg, it would be like a death sentence for him.
Margaret stared at Alden's right leg for a few minutes, pondering.
Alden's injuries were severe, but if Pryce were here, he could definitely save his leg.
For now, she could only give Alden some acupuncture, get him to a safe place, and call Pryce over.
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