The Garden City's helping hands

On February 22, strangers worked side by side to clean up a city in desperate need of a helping hand. Daily tasks became a huge problem as sewerage systems were broken, electricity and phone lines down and houses unlivable. A total of 10,000 tremors and a year later, we salute the endless number of volunteers who helped Christchurch is its greatest time of need.

Photo by Getty Images Feb 22, 2012