Amid the vastness of the devastation in Japan, there were a handful of small miracles.
Just ask Hiromitsu Shinkawa, who was rescued from the roof of his house – floating 9 miles out at sea.
Shinkawa, 60, had seen his wife swept away by the tidal wave that washed his home away and sent him swirling into the open ocean clinging to debris.
He spent two days on the makeshift 10-foot raft his roof had become, trying to hail rescuers with a scrap of red cloth affixed to a long stick.
Full Story: Japanese man rescued 9 miles out to sea after house, wife swept away by massive tidal wave