An 80-year-old woman and a teenage boy have been rescued from the wreckage of a house in north-eastern Japan (AP)
12 April 2012
An 80-year-old woman and a teenage boy have been rescued from the wreckage of a house in north-eastern Japan, nine days after the devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Rescuers found the 16-year-old boy on the roof of his house in the city of Ishinomaki, calling out for help, according to the Miyagi Prefectural Police.
He then led rescuers inside, where they found the elderly woman. Both were weak but conscious.
Police said the pair were airlifted by helicopter to a nearby hospital.
