When they coaxed Houck into a game of catch outside, tumbling playfully on the ground, Houck won their hearts.

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The quake caused houses to collapse along a street in Ya'an and sent rocks tumbling into vehicles, Xinhua said, adding that patients were being treated on the ground in front of the Lushan County Hospital.

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