A Miracle

A miracle during the tsunami
Life emerging from Death
Where there's life, there's hope
Cheer up! Chase away the gloomy!
Let's brace up, and cope

I found an online article from Tuoi Tre (Youth)tonight http://tuoitre.vn/The-gioi/429048/Be-gai-song-sot-than-ky-trong-song-than.html. The story in the article touched my heart so deeply that it inspired me to compose the above poem, and to quickly translate the story into English to share with others:

Baby Girl Miraculously Survived the Tsunami

On March 14 a Japan's Self-Defense Force member spotted a four-month-old baby girl who had been swept away from her mother's arms when the tsunami engulfed Ishinomaki, Sendai. The little baby was in good condition even though she was lying hidden beneath a collapsed house.

While searching for victims , the soldiers could not believe their ears when they heard the sound of baby crying from beneath the mountains of rubble. They thought they had hallucination, but the cry continued. They immediately removed layers of wood planks, trying to reach down the rubble of rocks, soil and thick mud, and, lo and behold, they found a baby girl.

One soldier picked her up, wrapped a blanket around her, and she was carried away to safety in the arms of many others. It was miraculously unbelievable for such a tiny baby to survive the last three days while many adults could not make it. She was soaked wet, shivering and crying loudly, but was not injured.

Another miracle also happened when the baby's dad was found soon after that, and they had such a wonderful family reunion with happy teardrops.

"When we found her, we got more strength, hope and motivation to go on searching for more survivors," said one officer. "We will keep listening, observing, and digging for more and more miracles like this."