Tsunami survivor speaks out
Yumi Higano, a student from the Asia University America Program, was in class in Ishinomaki, Japan, on March 11, 2011, when an earthquake hit. At the time, she thought it was only aftershocks from a quake a few days earlier, but the vibrations increased in power and frequency. A little while after the initial hit, she received a text message from her brother.
鈥淓veryone was hit by the Tsunami,鈥 her brother said in the text. 鈥淒ad and I survived, miraculously, and we鈥檙e on the roof of a factory soaking wet. I鈥檓 sorry, I couldn鈥檛 save Mom, Grandpa and Grandma. Yumi, are you OK?鈥