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)
Very happy for you and your daughter!!!
So happy for her and for you Sherrie! My thoughts are with everyone in Japan :)
so glad that she is safe and sound. she is very beautiful. glad the coke was saved. my thoughts are for all of japan.
Sherrie, I'm so thrilled to hear that your daughter made it through that terrible event and that she is safe. It sounds like God was watching over her and I'll put her in my prayers as well as all those hurting in Japan.
Fico feliz por ver sua filha bem minha cara amiga, obrigado por compartilhar
What a great relief! This is the best news. I thought of your daughter, I'm so glad she is safe. She also looks like she has a good sense of humor and a beautiful face and smile.
Glad to hear your daughter is safe. Praise God! hug - Matt
she had to walk 8 miles to get home??? yesterday??? OMG. I walk 2 miles to work, 20 minutes at a fast pace ... she probably walked for 2 hours or more - best way to see what happened around you though... are the airports working? maybe she should pack it up and get out of there - Japan is no place to be right now and maybe not for the rest of our lives if those nuke plants go - ya know... I don't mean to scare you and I'm sure all this stuff has been going through your head - your daughter is a good looking kid, glad her coke was still standing.
So glad to hear that she is alright.
Glad to see that your daughter is OK.
Yes Sherrie great News.
A fantastic and happy picture to celebrate life and her survival! I am very glad to know that she is okay. My thoughts and prayers to those who have lost loved ones there
Glad to hear she's okay! :)
I'm sor happy for you!!! Wonderful news for you and your family!!
Glad to hear she's OK. The worrying thing now is the state of the nuclear reactors.
I'M HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER!
It is heartwarming to hear such news my Beatiful . I am very proud for you and your family and friends. ((5 ++()) Cela fait chaud au coeur d'entendre pareille nouvelle ma Belle . J'en suis très fier pour toi et ta famille et amis . ((5++())
QUE NOTICIA MARAVILHOSA MINHA AMIGA ESTOU FELIZ QUE NADA DE MAL OCORREU A SU FILHA,ELA TEM UM BELO SORRISO,MINHAS ORAÇÕES ESTÃO COM TODOS DO JAPÃO.
WOW! Glad to hear she is OK Sherrie! I had forgotten that your daughter was over there. Scary stuff. Must be REALLY freaky having the ground shake uder you so badly you can't even walk. We have a fault out here on the east coast which is WAY over due for a BIG quake. With all these plates shifting it just might come. I sure hope not but one never knows.
I'm so very happy for you and your daughter that she is safe,my prayers go out to the people of Japan********
what a relief this news must be for you! she is such a cutie :)
Oh, that had to be terrifying.. I just can't imagine what I would do! I'm so glad she is safe and I hope the recovery will begin soon there!
~Thank goodness she is safe!~
I am so happy for you that you're daughter is safe. Watching the images on the news is just frightening, and it's nice to know that life is continuing even in the middle of all the devastation.
Very happy for you
Oh Sherrie, I am so relieved that your daughter is okay. If someone I knew had been caught up in that tragedy I don't know what I would have done. Take care.
Fantastic news. I'm happy to know that!!!!
God bless us.
my prayers are with all in Japan agree erland
I am so glad to hear that your daughter is okay and that you get a call from her. I am so shocked about that what happened to Japan. This foto is wonderful.