Though An An’s exact birthday isn’t clear, records show he was born in 1986 in Sichuan, China. He originally lived at the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan’s Wenchuan County until his transfer to Ocean Park.

We compared the coping strategies of 39 short-sleepers and 33 longer-sleepers to the stresses associated with the October 17, 1989 San Francisco Bay Area earthquake using their responses to the eight scales of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire.

But, for whatever combination of reasons - and, to be fair, he'd been blasted in the face by shrapnel, was probably badly concussed, and, indeed, would actually remember nothing from the battle after he'd been hit when he was later debriefed - aside from two destroyers left behind to help Hiei, the rest of the Japanese forces withdrew north just before 0300 in the morning.

The Iraqi people have shown their impulse toward democracy; they need security in order to hash out the many remaining differences that still divide them.