I felt like crying but I was too shocked to even do that. The only thing I could do was to sit and watch, unable to move. The and pointing to a helicopter. The pilot saw us and came to rescue us. Half an hour later we were safe in the hills. There ware a lot of people there. I felt lonely and lost. "Mark,you're safe," I heard my mum's voice say. I don't remember feeling more relieved in my life than at that moment.
Two days later we left the island. We felt lucky to be alive but we were sorry for the locals that lost their homes. It was a terrible experience