Tsunami survivor speaks out

Yumi Higano, a student from the Asia University America Program, was in class in Ishinomaki, Japan, on March 11, 2011, when an earthquake hit. At the time, she thought it was only aftershocks from a quake a few days earlier, but the vibrations increased in power and frequency. A little while after the initial hit, she received a text message from her brother.
“Everyone was hit by the Tsunami,” her brother said in the text. “Dad and I survived, miraculously, and we’re on the roof of a factory soaking wet. I’m sorry, I couldn’t save Mom, Grandpa and Grandma. Yumi, are you OK?”