Grandmother and boy pulled from rubble nine days after tsunami

A pensioner and a teenager have been pulled alive from the rubble of the Japanese tsunami. The good news comes as officials say 15,000 people may have been killed in Miyagi prefecture alone.



Amid the death and destruction wreaked by Japan's earthquake and tsunami there has been some reason to smile.


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An 80-year old woman and 16-year old youth were found alive under the rubble in the devastated city of Ishinomaki, nine days after the disaster.



Sumi and Jin Abe were trapped when their home collapsed but were able to get food from the refrigerator and survive until rescuers found them