Remembering The Great Hanshin Earthquake Disaster: A Bus Tour Conductor Describes the Victims' Experiences

摘要

"The lower half of the woman's body was pinned in the rubble of her collapsed house. In a weak voice she pleaded with her husband: 'Dear, even if you have to cut off my lower torso, please don't leave me here.' The husband tried desperately to pull her free, but the flames were so near that his own life was in danger. He had no choice but to flee. Even as he ran, he could hear his wife calling out to him. "Today, more than two years after the earthquake, the wife's cries still linger in her husband's ears."