BY SUCCESS KANAYO UCHIME
It was all songs of joy for a 60-year Japanese man who survived the tsunami that hit the country on Friday, by clinging to the swept-away remnants of his home on the sea for more than two days.
This revelation is contained in a report by Minami Sanriku of CNN adding that Hiromitsu Shinkawa who was found more than nine miles out of the sea simply declared: "I thought today was the last day of my life."
Hiromitsu Shinkawa waving to a rescue team picture by AP/Defence Ministry
He said that Shinkawa was found on Sunday March 13, 2011, by the rescue team, Maritime Self-Defense Force waving his hands to them and that when they spotted him, he was floating off the coast of Fukushima's Futaba town on the roof of his house after being swept away in a tsunami. He was in good condition.
Sanriku noted that amazing stories of survival began to emerge in Japan, even amid the horrific destruction of the massive quake and subsequent tsunami that has killed nearly 1,600, destroyed tens of thousands of homes and stoked fears of a potential nuclear power plant meltdown.
He said that a woman was found clinging to tree during tsunami, while other survivors were found in car in debris scattered all over the places.
According to Sanriku, three elderly people were found alive in a smashed car that had been tossed by the tsunami adding that another woman clung to branches in a tree and took her chances by grabbing onto a floor mat that drifted nearby.
“The rushing currents pushed her around and around, past many buildings. Her daughter was washed away and remains missing,” he stated.
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It was all songs of joy for a 60-year Japanese man who survived the tsunami that hit the country on Friday, by clinging to the swept-away remnants of his home on the sea for more than two days.
This revelation is contained in a report by Minami Sanriku of CNN adding that Hiromitsu Shinkawa who was found more than nine miles out of the sea simply declared: "I thought today was the last day of my life."
Hiromitsu Shinkawa waving to a rescue team picture by AP/Defence Ministry
He said that Shinkawa was found on Sunday March 13, 2011, by the rescue team, Maritime Self-Defense Force waving his hands to them and that when they spotted him, he was floating off the coast of Fukushima's Futaba town on the roof of his house after being swept away in a tsunami. He was in good condition.
Sanriku noted that amazing stories of survival began to emerge in Japan, even amid the horrific destruction of the massive quake and subsequent tsunami that has killed nearly 1,600, destroyed tens of thousands of homes and stoked fears of a potential nuclear power plant meltdown.
He said that a woman was found clinging to tree during tsunami, while other survivors were found in car in debris scattered all over the places.
According to Sanriku, three elderly people were found alive in a smashed car that had been tossed by the tsunami adding that another woman clung to branches in a tree and took her chances by grabbing onto a floor mat that drifted nearby.
“The rushing currents pushed her around and around, past many buildings. Her daughter was washed away and remains missing,” he stated.
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