Father Who Escaped Tsunami on Bicycle Looks For His Family
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Chuichi Sato heard the loudspeaker warning of the wave heading toward the town of Minamisanriku even before the shaking from the earthquake stopped. The 65-year-old bundled his wife and son into their car and told them to speed to higher ground while he shut the house.
“I thought the car would be faster,” said the retired Japanese truck driver, standing yesterday in front of one of hundreds of bare concrete foundations where 13 days ago there were single-story homes. “The roads were chaos as everyone fled at the same time.”