Although Lin and his sister got free schooling in Shanghai, the family found it hard to live in the metropolis. The Lin family moved to Shanghai last August after Lin Hao said he wished to study there. As a result, he was honored as a "heroic child" in quake rescue and relief. Lin Hao, then nine, of Yingxiu Township, Wenchuan County, pulled two classmates from the rubble. Lin's family survived the May 12 earthquake centered in Sichuan, which is known to have taken nearly 70,000 lives and left more than 5 million people homeless. Both parents are seeking work: the father used to be a construction laborer and the wife was a cleaner. The family rented a house beside the school, said father Lin Dakun. He and his 13-year-old sister started the new semester Monday at Yandaojie Primary School here in the capital of the southwestern Sichuan Province. High living costs and the pressure of his studies brought Lin home. : One Year Memory after QuakeĪfter six months in Shanghai, 10-year-old Lin Hao, the youngest hero of China's massive 2008 quake, is back in his home province.
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