‘The shaking was terrifying’: stories of survival and loss emerge after Japan earthquake

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“There was a voice coming from the collapsed house, and I could see a hand,” Tomohide Nagata, a volunteer firefighter, told the Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun.
“One of our senior members crawled in and pulled him out.
He was bleeding from the head, but I’m so glad he survived.

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“There was a voice coming from the collapsed house, and I could see a hand,” Tomohide Nagata, a volunteer firefighter, told the Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun.
“One of our senior members crawled in and pulled him out.
He was bleeding from the head, but I’m so glad he survived.

Sources: Guardian