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Thu, 03/17/2011 - 12:43
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Dozens of Thais return home from Japan
BANGKOK, March 17 (TNA) - Thirty four Thais returned from Japan’s Sendai City safe late Wednesday night, talking of their worst hour in the disaster-hit city with consequent radiation leaks and threatening starvation.
The group of Thai nationals, mainly students and tourists, arrived at Thailand's main Suvarnabhumi Airport from Tokyo's Narita Airport via a Thai Airways International (THAI) flight and were greeted by delighted family members. Among the survivors arriving on the flight were also several hundred foreigners.
23-year-old Pakin Osotkrapan, a graduate Thai student from Sendai’s Tohoku University, said the city centre took a direct hit from last Friday’s disaster, resulting in water and power shortages from damaged infrastructure and food scarcity from closure of local shops. He noted that the Japanese government has put the area on high alert for possible radioactive leaks, encouraging vigilance at all times.
Meanwhile, Saowanee Hinata, a 39-year-old housekeeper, admitted almost having lost both her children after they barely escaped from a school which was completely battered by the giant wave. The Thai women said that aside from food shortages, water was also something very hard to find; so, she was grateful that the Thai Embassy in Tokyo brought her and other Thai people home. (TNA)
The group of Thai nationals, mainly students and tourists, arrived at Thailand's main Suvarnabhumi Airport from Tokyo's Narita Airport via a Thai Airways International (THAI) flight and were greeted by delighted family members. Among the survivors arriving on the flight were also several hundred foreigners.
23-year-old Pakin Osotkrapan, a graduate Thai student from Sendai’s Tohoku University, said the city centre took a direct hit from last Friday’s disaster, resulting in water and power shortages from damaged infrastructure and food scarcity from closure of local shops. He noted that the Japanese government has put the area on high alert for possible radioactive leaks, encouraging vigilance at all times.
Meanwhile, Saowanee Hinata, a 39-year-old housekeeper, admitted almost having lost both her children after they barely escaped from a school which was completely battered by the giant wave. The Thai women said that aside from food shortages, water was also something very hard to find; so, she was grateful that the Thai Embassy in Tokyo brought her and other Thai people home. (TNA)
