Touching Story of Resilience: Elderly Couple’s Gratitude After Japan Earthquake – Reuters

2024-01-07 03:06:35

[Dong Xiaojie/Comprehensive Foreign News]A strong earthquake hit the Noto Peninsula in Japan on the 1st. Many displaced people took shelter in shelters. Wajima City residents Yutaka Obayashi and his wife Akiko Obayashi chose to sleep in their car. The couple had nothing and looked sad, but if When the fire truck passed by, they would stand on the roadside and he would raise his hands in salute, while she would bow deeply in thanks. The scene was touching.

Archyde.com reported on the 6th that the home of 75-year-old Obayashi Feng and his 73-year-old wife Mingzi (transliteration) was destroyed by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake. They went to the shelter on the night of the 1st, but they were not used to it. Even though their home was destroyed, they still returned. Dalin, who lives in a car, said: “Other people’s eyes make me very nervous. I just don’t like living with many people.”

The couple, who were over seventy years old, slept like this with their car seats tilted. Sometimes neighbors would give them some food. Everyone was in trouble. Akiko looked at the small rice ball in her hand and was deeply moved but also… With sadness, the couple shared two small rice balls.

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When the fire truck passed by, her husband Dalin stood on the roadside and raised his hands to greet the fire rescue personnel in the car; Akiko bowed deeply to the car. As the fire truck passed by, the couple looked at each other with tears in their eyes.

But even though their home was destroyed and their next meal was unavailable, the couple insisted on expressing their sincere gratitude to the rescuers.

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The Obayashi couple in Wajima City greeted the fire truck passing by. The husband raised his hands and the wife bowed deeply. (Picture source LINE TODAY: Archyde.com) After the fire truck passed by, the husband burst into tears. (Image source LINE TODAY: Archyde.com)
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