"At about 7:10 my father shouted a tidal wave was coming. I could see one wave coming in with a big roar. It crashed over the rocks, over the railroad tracks, but stopped at our building." "The next one came about 10 minutes later, but it didn't seem too big. The third one looked like a mountain. I ran out into the street, and up Haili street as fast as I could."

"It was every man for himself."