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Grandmother And Grandson Found Alive In Rubble After Nine Days After Japan Earthquake
They were believed to have been killed in the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, but nine days later an 80-year-old woman and her grandson were rescued from the rubble.Grandmother, Birkenstock sandals sale, Sumi Abe and her grandson Jin Abe, Louboutin Shoes, 16, found themselves trapped in the kitchen when their two-storey house collapsed around them. The coastal city of Ishinomaki was left devastated by last week’s earthquake and the following tsunami. The 16-year-old boy told the doctors that he survived for nine days by being able to reach the fridge and had kept his grandmother going by feeding her on yoghurt, bread, Coca-Cola and water. He also stayed close to her to keep her warm. Eventually he was able to climb through a small hole and onto the collapses roof of the building and shouted for help. His cries were heard by passing police officers who then alerted a rescue. It took them 45 minutes to remove the debris and reach the kitchen. They found the elderly woman lying on top of a fallen cupboard and keeping herself warm with blankets. When rescuers got to her she broke down in tears. Apart from being visibly stunned, the grandmother seemed to be in reasonable health. She was placed on a stretcher and winched away by helicopter and when asked if she was hurt, Abercrombie and Fitch clothes, she replied “No.” The boy was visibly shivering and said to have no feeling in his ankle when he was pulled from the wreckage. On Saturday the Japanese military announced that they had found a man thought to have survived more than a week in the wreckage of his home. It later turned out that the man was an evacuee who had returned back to his home. The latest news of a rescue provides a rare glimmer of hope for the tireless rescue workers as the death toll in Japan continues to climb all the time. Reports by Japanese police said that the number of dead now stands at 8,450 people and number of missing has now hit 12,931- a total of 21, GHD sale,381 dead or missing.The area of Miyagi prefecture had confirmed death toll of 5,053 alone. It is thought to be the |
