16 Mar 2011
A 70-year-old woman was found alive, four days after the earthquake and tsunami rocked Japan. Fire Department spokesman Osaka, western Japan, Yuko Kotani, said the woman was found inside his home that the tsunami swept in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Rescue workers from Osaka sent to the area for rescue operations.
The woman, whose name was not mentioned, conscious, but suffering from hypothermia and was hospitalized. News salvation that is encouraging news among the sad stories of disaster victims. Two days earlier, a 60-year-old man rescued from the roof of his house which dragged and floated in the sea. Hiromitsu Shinkawa discovered by Japanese destroyers MoD about 15 kilometers from the coast.
Shinkawa house in the town of Minami Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, ripped from its foundation and swept out to sea by the tsunami backflow. He was seen waving a piece of red cloth while clinging to the ruins of his home. Shinkawa said the tsunami struck when he and his wife returned home to take a few possessions after the quake. His wife was swept away and lost.
"Some of the helicopters and boats passing by, but look at me. I think that day will be the last day of my life, "Shinkawa said, quoted by a spokesman for the defense agency. "I ran away after hearing the tsunami came, but returned later to pick up something from home. I survived because clinging to the roof of my house, "he said further.
Shinkawa reported in good condition after being taken to hospital by helicopter.
The elderly also survived
Kaori Ohashi also survived the natural disasters of earthquake and tsunami. Ohashi watched in horror as a wave of mud full of debris hit the houses and leveled fields. He hurried toward the elderly care home where she worked.
He saw the cars and the driver was thrown by the raging water that flows. Other victims clinging to the trees before the tsunami dragging them. "I think my life is finished," Ohashi said as he recounted a horrific tale of two nights trapped at the orphanage with 15 staff and 200 elderly people after Friday's disaster.
Ohashi (39), mother of two children, now live in a school in Sendai, the capital of Miyagi Prefecture, along with 400 other refugees. Each time an aftershock shook the building, he leaped to hug his daughter who was two years old.
On Friday, when the first floor of the orphanage was filled with dark water, Ohashi and co-workers struggled to bring the runners to second and third floors.
Ohashi and colleagues kept busy taking care of the elderly that, feed them some canned tuna and some bread with a flashlight. In darkness, the staff helps the elderly to sleep on mats.
"We are in total isolation. We are scared to leave home because of the tsunami and the earthquake could happen at any time, "Ohashi said that then can contact 12-year-old son by cellular phone.
On Sunday, when the water is receding, an emergency rescue team arrived at the nursing home. They opened the way for the elderly to save themselves. No one is injured.
Ohashi meet his family in a shelter in Sendai. "I was so excited to see my son and daughter. I have no words to express it. I was so happy, "he said.
source : Kompas.com
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