I read this heart-breaking story at yahoo Japan on 3/14. Here is the contents of the article...
“Everybody, escape from here right now!!” –The whole town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture was engulfed by Tsunami. Miki Endo, who works at the Minamisanriku town office in crisis management section, had stayed in the office with other workers after the M9.0 earthquake. She kept working to order a full evacuation to the residence over the community wireless system. When the deadly tsunami came, she shouted on the microphone “Tsunami is coming! It's more than 20-feet! Everybody escape from here now!!” The woman who survived by hearing Miki's warning said that she just grabbed her cell phone and rushed to the high school which on the hill. And when she looked back toward her town, she saw that the big wave coming toward to near the hill with sweeping off trees, houses and everything. The town hall was completely destroyed. Miraculously, ten of the town hall workers were survived by hanged onto the tower of the building. However, Miki was gone. One of the workers saw she swept away into the water.
I believe that her announcement saved many people's life. She was only 25-years-old.
“Everybody, escape from here right now!!” –The whole town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture was engulfed by Tsunami. Miki Endo, who works at the Minamisanriku town office in crisis management section, had stayed in the office with other workers after the M9.0 earthquake. She kept working to order a full evacuation to the residence over the community wireless system. When the deadly tsunami came, she shouted on the microphone “Tsunami is coming! It's more than 20-feet! Everybody escape from here now!!” The woman who survived by hearing Miki's warning said that she just grabbed her cell phone and rushed to the high school which on the hill. And when she looked back toward her town, she saw that the big wave coming toward to near the hill with sweeping off trees, houses and everything. The town hall was completely destroyed. Miraculously, ten of the town hall workers were survived by hanged onto the tower of the building. However, Miki was gone. One of the workers saw she swept away into the water.
I believe that her announcement saved many people's life. She was only 25-years-old.
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