Japan: rescue at sea

Among the bizarre sights beamed to us from Japan, none was stranger than a ferry sailing at full speed up main street at Sendai.

Washed inland by the tidal wave it ran aground surrounded by cars, houses and other sea-borne debris and there she sat. 

Occupants safe and sound.

Meanwhile, two days later and ten miles from the coast, another survivor was picked up floating on the roof of his house.

What drama there is in a single rescue!

We all know the scale of the devastation in Japan, but what a joy when we read of a miracle of rescue.

Truly the best of things can happen in the blackest times of human calamity. Thus I mention these two 21st century sequels of Noah's Ark: one where the occupants were still inside the boat the other where one was on the roof.

Matterless, all were safe and all will have stories to tell and, without a doubt, their favourite Bible passage will be Genesis chapters 6 and 7.

Ian