Dear Bob,
How are you? It has been a devastating week here in Tohoku. I don't even know how to describe the scene here in Japan. Everything that Japan has achieved in the previous years has been destroyed and demolished, just in the matter of a few minutes! The anguish Japan and its people are facing is something unimaginable, and I really have no idea how we are going to comeback from this magnitude of destruction throughout Southern Japan.
After spending two years in the same hostel as me, you should understand that I was never a man suited for bravado or danger. Fortunately, when the 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck, I was scared stiff. Everything around me was shaking as if they were about to drop any second. I immediately crawled under my dining table to avoid getting hit by any objects. Indeed, within the next minute, all my precious family photos had smashed to smithereens after falling from the cabinets. I heard screams and shouts coming from my neighbours, but I managed to decipher some words among the chaos, such as "get out" and "evacuate". Instantly, I used my hands to cover my head while I ran as fast as I could through the reigning pandemonium. I followed the huge and hysteric crowd heading towards the evacuation shelter.
It was literally like sardines in a can at the limited space in the shelter. There were hundreds, maybe even thousands, of people scrambling around, unable to calm down. There were also older citizens who fell sick in the midst of the craziness.
Life is harder than you can imagine. I don't even want to think about the devastation created from the aftermath of the earthquake. The tsunami has swept the blood and tears of our hard work for many years. To recover from this level of destruction, Japan has to really maximise everything they can to salvage the situation.
Please help Japan. Every amount of help is appreciated, not matter how small it is. Right now, I don't even know what will happen in the next 24 hours, or whether this letter will successfully be mailed to wherever you are now.
Japan is left in the hands of the world now.
Best Wishes,
Suzuki Atamoko
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