Vaughan and Tresco return to earthquake site

The pair asked if they could make the trip aboard one of the RAF's Chinook helicopters from 27 Squadron, after Friday's moving visit to the children's wing of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Science, where many of the injured are being treated. Other players wanted to take part in yesterday's mercy mission, but with space rightly needed for more pressing things like medicine and the injured, only two seats were available.

"After seeing it for ourselves, we know there's still an enormous amount of work to be done," Vaughan said. "But it was amazing to see so many kids smiling as we delivered the aid." Vaughan and Trescothick return to earthquake site - By Derek Pringle in Islamabad



The idea first came to the players after seeing helicopters flying over the Pindi stadium en route to the stricken area 70 miles to the north of Islamabad. But if that pricked the curiosity, it was the hospital visit - and the fact that thousands more children and adults still await treatment on bleak mountainsides - that put everything into perspective and changed this from being just another cricket tour.





Most touching is that many brides-to-be have given their dowries to those in need. In relative terms that is a far greater sacrifice than a million dollars of aid from the West, and Pakistan should be proud of them.
Vaughan leads visit to earthquake zone - By Derek Pringle in Islamabad

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