Many of those 7,000 that survived escaped death because of Miki Endo’s broadcast. Miki Endo did not let go of her microphone, even during the very moment the black waves of the tsunami engulfed the city, so that every last villager could hear her warning call.
A survivor, 61 year-old Taeza Haga, told Endo’s mother that the broadcast had saved his live. That he had heard Endo’s voice and immediately jumped in his car and headed for higher ground. He told Endo’s mother:
“I heard the voice of your daughter the whole way.”
Here is a 10 second clip of her broadcast: [x]
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