March 19, 2011
OSAKA, Japan (AFP) - Rescuers pulled a man from the rubble of a destroyed building in northeast Japan on Saturday, eight days after a massive earthquake and tsunami, media reports said.
Public broadcaster NHK reported the man was rescued from a wrecked house in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, and in a stable physical condition, but in a state of shock and unable to speak.
He was identified as Katsuharu Moriya, aged in his 20s, Kyodo News agency quoted the Self-Defense Forces as saying.
Moriya was found trapped on the second floor of the house and had wrapped himself in a blanket, Kyodo news agency said. He was conscious and his blood pressure and pulse were stable.
He was found a day after authorities said they had ended the rescue phase of the post-earthquake operation and would be concentrating on clearing rubble and restoring limited services.
It was not immediately clear how the man survived in an area where overnight temperatures have plunged below freezing.
Nearly 7,000 people have been confirmed killed in the double natural disaster, which turned whole towns into waterlogged and debris-shrouded wastelands.
Another 10,700 people are missing with many feared dead.
 Japanese rescuers search through debris for bodies in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture. Rescuers pulled a young man from the rubble of a destroyed building in northeast Japan on Saturday, eight days after a massive earthquake and tsunami, public broadcaster NHK reported. |
He was identified as Katsuharu Moriya, aged in his 20s, Kyodo News agency quoted the Self-Defense Forces as saying.
Moriya was found trapped on the second floor of the house and had wrapped himself in a blanket, Kyodo news agency said. He was conscious and his blood pressure and pulse were stable.
 An earthquake survivor is carried into the Kesennuma City Hospital / AP / NHT TV via Kyodo News |
It was not immediately clear how the man survived in an area where overnight temperatures have plunged below freezing.
Nearly 7,000 people have been confirmed killed in the double natural disaster, which turned whole towns into waterlogged and debris-shrouded wastelands.
Another 10,700 people are missing with many feared dead.
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