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Japan tsunami survivor Hiromitsu Shinkawa found 10 miles out at sea
The Guardian UK ^
| 3/13/2011
| Justin McCurry
Posted on 03/13/2011 9:01:55 AM PDT by GVnana
Tsunami victim Hiromitsu Shinkawa, 65, waves to rescuers who spotted him floating on the roof of his home nearly 10 miles out to sea. Photograph: AP
A 65-year-old man has been found on the roof of his floating house nearly 10 miles out at sea, two days after the tsunami that devastated the north-east coast of Japan.
Hiromitsu Shinkawa must have resigned himself to his fate when he was swept away by the retreating tsunami that roared ashore in his home town of Minami Soma in Fukushima prefecture.
As the wave approached, Shinkawa took the fateful decision to return home to collect belongings. Minutes later he was out at sea clinging to a piece of the roof from his own home.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1luckyperson; earthquake; japan; nevergoback; survivor; tsunami
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Poor man. How many others?
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posted on
03/13/2011 9:01:57 AM PDT
by
GVnana
To: GVnana
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posted on
03/13/2011 9:03:03 AM PDT
by
Lockbar
(March toward the sound of the guns.)
To: GVnana
Poor? He made it! Rich!
would love to have Marshall mcluhans take on how someone bothered to snap a picture before reeling him in.
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posted on
03/13/2011 9:05:18 AM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(Every knife in my back pushes me forward.)
To: GVnana
He may be the luckiest guy in Japan right now.What are the odds ?
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posted on
03/13/2011 9:05:21 AM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: GVnana
Wow. I bet he thought he was a goner.
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posted on
03/13/2011 9:06:11 AM PDT
by
samtheman
To: GVnana
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posted on
03/13/2011 9:06:52 AM PDT
by
twyn1
To: GVnana
Amazing!...and sad there aren’t more stories like this - hopefully there are and we just aren’t reading/seeing them.
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posted on
03/13/2011 9:07:23 AM PDT
by
libertarian27
(Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
To: GVnana
And the water at this time of year is frigid.
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posted on
03/13/2011 9:08:47 AM PDT
by
fso301
To: the invisib1e hand
True. I was thinking of this: "Reports said that on being handed a drink aboard the rescue boat, Shinkawa gulped it down and immediately burst into tears. His wife, with whom he had returned home as the tsunami approached, is still missing.
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posted on
03/13/2011 9:08:54 AM PDT
by
GVnana
To: GVnana
That made me a bit misty reading that
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posted on
03/13/2011 9:11:32 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom!!! <sarc>)
To: GVnana
“how many others?”
Makes you wonder, doesn’t it? I mean even a handful is great news. I hope this man is okay and prayers for him.
To: Farmer Dean
[He may be the luckiest guy in Japan right now]
His wife is still missing. She was with him when the tsunami hit.
To: GVnana
He “went back to get his belongings” which, hopefully means his family and neighbors made it. He has had remarkable luck.
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posted on
03/13/2011 9:12:08 AM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: GVnana
I went overboard once and was in the water for about 45 minutes, until someone noticed and the skipper retraced the course. It is a feeling I don't want to experience again, for sure.
It doesn't take long before you start "feeling" things bumping your feet!
Seeing that little snapper boat coming back into sight was the prettiest thing I've ever seen. Your head isn't very visible in the middle of the ocean, it took prayers, good navigation and a lot of luck to find me.
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posted on
03/13/2011 9:15:22 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, A Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: KansasGirl
I didn’t take the time to read the whole story,sorry.
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posted on
03/13/2011 9:16:22 AM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: GVnana
I shouldn’t post before reading completely. He lost his wife so his luck is questionable. The decision to go back will haunt him.
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posted on
03/13/2011 9:16:49 AM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: GVnana
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posted on
03/13/2011 9:18:56 AM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: Nightshift
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posted on
03/13/2011 9:20:55 AM PDT
by
tutstar
To: JimSEA
He lost his wife so his luck is questionable.Not enough information about his relationship with his wife to make a call on that one?
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posted on
03/13/2011 9:21:07 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Judas Iscariot - the first social justice advocate. John 12:3-6)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
This movie is a true story of a couple in a similar situation.......
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posted on
03/13/2011 9:24:07 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(How can anyone look at the situation in Libya and be for gun control is beyond stupid. It's suicide.)
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