Japan’s Tiniest Miracle

 Japan’s Tiniest Miracle

After the Japanese earthquake, Time magazine’s website ran an article entitled, “Miracles in Japan.”

When the tsunami hit after the earthquake, a four-month-old baby was literally swept from her parents’ arms when the wave hit their house. Afterward her parents took refuge in their wrecked house, worrying that their little girl was dead. Three days later Japanese soldiers were going through the rubble, pulling bodies from homes that had been flattened—when they heard a little cry. They made their way to a pile of debris, carefully removed fragments of wood, shattered glass, rock. And then they saw her: a four-month-old baby girl in a pink woolen bear suit.

She was reunited with her parents. The article referred to her as Japan’s “tiniest miracle,” and concluded with the statement: “How the child survived drowning—or being crushed by fallen trees and houses—remains a mystery.”

Reference: William Lee Adams, “Miracle in Japan: Four-Month-Old Baby, 70-Year-Old Woman Found Alive,” newsfeed.time.com (3/15/11)