On April 14th at 7：49 am， the town of Jyekundo in Kham， was struck (打击) by a 6.9 magnitude earthquake. My family and I were in our 3rd floor apartment building when the earthquake hit. There was a smaller earthquake (around 4.7) that happened around 4 am and neither my wife nor I could get back to sleep. When the big earthquake hit， my wife was using her computer while our younger son Norbu (18 months old) was playing in the living room. Tsering， our older son who is 3 years old， was still asleep in the back bedroom of the 3 bedroom apartment we were living in.
Norbu flew across the room when the earthquake hit. My wife was also thrown to the ground. Everything in our apartment began to be tossed (摇动) around， breaking when it hit the walls or floor. I ran to the back bedroom and grabbed (抓住) Tsering as my wife grabbed Norbu off the floor. Together， we ran to the door. I stopped long enough to grab my shoes， coat and a bit of money. I opened the door and one of our neighbors helped us carry Tsering down to the ground floor. I was the only one of my family who managed to get shoes.
After the earthquake， we were able to see that this was a major earthquake. We began to hear people crying for help， badly injured people crawling (爬) to the road and people weeping (哭泣) for loved ones who had died.
