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An elderly woman in her 90s has been rescued from under the rubble of a two-story house more than five days after a powerful earthquake struck Japan.

Rescuers found the woman in Suzu City in Ishikawa prefecture on Saturday evening – 124 hours after the quake struck – and took her to a nearby hospital, according to Japan’s public broadcaster NHK.

On Sunday, a doctor told reporters that the woman is well enough to have conversations, but her legs are injured.

Kume Takanori, a member of the emergency rescue team, told NHK that the woman’s knees had been stuck under furniture within a very narrow space between the first and second floor. It took hours to free her, Takanori said.

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[-] JoMiran@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I dunno. Unkillable great-great-grannies are kinda hot.

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