Miho Ariadny Izumi, 19, risked her life to help save a couple whose house was destroyed by a massive landslide on July 6 just outside the city of Hiroshima.
Izumi is a member of a large Brazilian community in the area and one of many foreign people in disaster-hit Hiroshima trying to bounce back from calamity.
She lives in the town of Kaita, adjacent to Aki Ward and just steps away from a house that was wrecked by a landslide triggered by the torrential rains earlier this month. Izumi said she was scared but didn't hesitate to rush up the hill when she heard calls for help from a man trapped in the house, which was slowly being pushed down the mountainside by mud.
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