My Daughter is Alive, Thank God! by drifterlee
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My daughter Heather lives and works in Chiba Japan near Tokyo. We got a phone call from her during the quake and she was trapped in a mall there. Luckily she got out safe. I was scared to death. This is a photo of her taken by a friend at her job, which sustained minor damage. She laughed because her can of Coke was still sitting on her the kitchen table.
This is what she said, "I was in a department store when everything started falling. A shelf of false eyelashes fell on me. but at least it was light! No-one could walk so we were all crawling to get out of the building. 6 1/2 hours later, and we are still feeling aftershocks. I'll include a few pictures I took with my cell phone. Trains are still not working, so I had to walk 8 miles to get home. The photo of me with the can of coke is in the kitchen of my main school. I had left my open can of coke there that morning, and I hoped it had survived the quake. The shaking we felt in my area was 6 on the japanese scale. that scale only goes to 7. But I could see the smoke from fires in the distance of a collapsed factory. it looked like the atom bomb. There's broken glass and concrete all over. My apartment wasn't bad. nothing was broken, but my toaster oven fell off the top of my microwave and into the sink."
Comments (94)
eekdog Online Now!
so happy sherrie for you, wow, that's teriffic news, my prayers are with all in Japan.
myrrhluz
I am so glad to see this. I have been thinking about her. Thank you for letting us know. She's lovely. My thoughts are with everyone in Japan.
Radar_rad-dude
Thank heavens your daughter is safe! Such a terrible tragedy for the Japanese nation! My prayers go out to them in their time of need! You have a very lovely daughter! I am glad she didn't get any injuries from the natural disaster!
T.Rex
When I saw the photo I thought she must be somewhere in Japan, from the looks of things leaning and on the floor. Then I read your comment. I'm very happy for you and your daughter. And my heart goes out to those who don't know, or know they've lost loved ones, homes and work places. This is worse than a war - there is no selectiveness in the destruction. I pray the nuclear power plant will hold, or the radiation catastrophe will be worse than the Hiroshima bomb. Japan doesn't need a second nuclear catastrophe, and that in addition to the present catastrophe.
brycek
So glad she is safe..my prayers go out to them!!
bakapo
I'm so glad she's safe! my thoughts are with everyone there.
Orinoor
I'm so glad she is safe!
anitalee
So glad she is okay
1010
Oh Sherrie you must be so relieved to hear from her. My heart aches for all those people.
ToniDunlap
Sherrie I know you are one happy Mom. Thank goodness!
jmb007
bonne nouvelle!!
CarolSassy
Thank the Lord 'n' all his angels! I'm so happy for you and your family! xoxoxo's Thanks for your story! (:
zaqxsw
I'm happy for you and your family... In such a huge tragidy, it's great to hear that your daughter came through unharmed.
adrie
I am so glad that she is safe, you must be one happy Mother. Nice photoshot of your daughter.
joaq
Hugs to you Sherrie and Hugs pour ta fille!!!Great!!!!
tennesseecowgirl
Reminds me of a story my parents told me they had a major quake where they were (California) and had lots of damage and one thing that fell over was the stereo so as my dad was trying to get things back in order he stood it all back up and then turn on the radio to check it and my mom listens to country music and he said he swears when he turned it on the song called "Ain't nothing wrong with the radio" came on and they laughed and cried when they heard it. I glad to see she is well, and she ia so beautiful great to see her smiling.. and glad that coke survived too WHEW lol
willpee
So glad to hear she is safe and I think for most women, being trapped in a mall would be a dream come true. As for us guys, it would be a Lowe's or Home Depot !
watchman2005
Great news, though an experience hopefully not to be repeated! Terribly sad for all those lives that have been lost. My brother lives in New Zealand which is another area of instability but thankfully he lives in Wellington but as he works with marine radio he will have been very busy because of this apalling disaster working with shipping in the pacific. Thankyou for posting, Sherrie, good luck to you and your daughter.
2121
so glad your daughter is safe and well....wonderful news, i have been following events since it happened...all our thoughts go to the people of Japan and our prayers
tommorules
Sent some prayers up this morning, glad to hear this good news. The whole country must be in a state of shock. Unimaginable.
mgtcs
OMG...what a fright you had my dear, I'm very, very glad for you! God bless you and your always my friend. Lovely photo!
Rinil
Happy for her daughter, that all went well. A prayer goes to Japan, and the people who live there.
mariogiannecchini
I'm happy for you and your family ! A prayer goes to Japan, and the people who live there!
tofi
So very glad to hear this.... It must have been such a huge huge relief to know that she is okay... and remains uninjured after the devastating tragedy that took everyone by such a surprise. She's so beautiful! Prayers are with all those families who still wonder...
gaius
Great news ; I'm very glad for you. Let's think of those who are not this lucky.
carlx
Glad she is fine!!!
bazza
Great that her coke was ok lol, You will be one relieved and happy Mum can only imagine what you must have been feeling as you waited to hear any news from her.. Lovely photo and terrific good news for you .. I do feel sorry for the people of Japan though!!
SSoffia
OMG !!!! Dear Sherrie I'm so glad she's safe! and she is so beautiful :)
zil2008
So happy to see she is okay. Hope she isn't anywhere near the powerplant. What a horrible ordeal for those people.
Erestorfan
Oh, I'm SOOOO glad that your daughter is safe!! I'm sure things may be a bit hard with no transportation, possibly no electricity, but she is alive! My heart goes out to the people of Japan for this horrid calamity and my prayers go out to those who have lost loved ones and also everything they own.