Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts

Boy and Grandmother Rescued After 9 Days, Japan

Alive! Sixteen-year-old Jin Abe is rescued after he and his 80-year-old grandmother survived nine days trapped in the wreckage of the Japan earthquake.
REUTERS
Alive! Sixteen-year-old Jin Abe is rescued after he and his 80-year-old grandmother survived nine days trapped in the wreckage of the Japan earthquake.

Woman Finds Mother's Body, Japan

THE WORST: Yoshie Murakami sobs as she finds the body of her mother in the rubble near where she lived in tsunami- and earthquake-ravaged Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, yesterday.
Kyodo News
THE WORST: Yoshie Murakami sobs as she finds the body of her mother in the rubble near where she lived in tsunami- and earthquake-ravaged Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, yesterday.

Japanese Man Rescued After Two Days at Sea

http://www.news.com.au/world/elderly-man-rescued-15km-from-coast-after-japanese-tsunami-swept-him-away/story-e6frfl00-1226020851247

Japan quake: Man found clinging to his roof after tsunami swept him 15km out to sea

AP

March 14, 2011 7:30AM


Hiromitsu Shinkawa
Hiromitsu Shinkawa waves to rescuers as they find the
60-year-old man floating off the coast of Fukushima's
Futaba town on the roof of his house after being swept
away in a tsunami. Picture: AP/Defense Ministry