Man Details 43-Hour Ordeal Awaiting Rescue in the Tsunami Zone
Charleston Gazette › March 16, 2011
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The following is a report from a Yomiuri Shimbun staff writer stationed in Miyagi Prefecture's Kesennuma, which was hit by a massive tsunami caused by the earthquake that hit northern Japan on Friday.
Nakane, 27, was at an emergency evacuation site to interview citizens when the first tsunami hit the city. He was stranded at the evacuation site for about 43 hours with about 450 citizens after the tsunami hit the three-story building. He spent two nights there before being rescued by helicopter.See the full content of this document
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Man Details 43-Hour Ordeal Awaiting Rescue in the Tsunami Zone
KESENNUMA, Japan - When the earthquake occurred at 2:46 p.m. Friday, I was at the Yomiuri Shimbun Kesennuma office in the central area of the city.
First, a vertical jolt hit me - I felt I had been shoved toward the ceiling. Then the building...See the full content of this document
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