A WOMAN IN HER 90S IS RESCUED ALIVE 5 DAYS AFTER JAPAN'S DEADLY EARTHQUAKE
Photo Credit: Hiro Komae
A woman in her 90s was pulled alive from a collapsed house in western Japan late Saturday, 124 hours after a major quake slammed the region, killing at least 126 people, toppling buildings and setting off landslides.
The woman in Suzu city, Ishikawa Prefecture, had survived for more than five days after the 7.6 magnitude quake that hit the area Monday. Nationally broadcast news footage showed helmeted rescue workers covering the view of the area with blue plastic, and the woman was not visible.
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