‘It was like a bomb blast’: Hualien quake survivor

It was an ordinary day for Lee Sheng-lung (李昇隆), who had checked into the Beauty Inn in downtown Hualien, as usual, after he arrived in the eastern city Tuesday on a business trip

Taiwan News  
Date: 2018/02/08
By:  Central News Agency

Taipei, Feb. 8 (CNA) It was an ordinary day for Lee Sheng-lung (李昇隆), who had

Photo courtesy of Lee Sheng-lung (By Central News Agency)

checked into the Beauty Inn in downtown Hualien, as usual, after he arrived in the eastern city Tuesday on a business trip.

But it turned out to be a day he would never forget.

That night, Lee was relaxing in bed, reading some documents, when everything around him began to shake and rattle.

“I thought to myself, I’m definitely dead this time,” Lee told CNA in a phone interview Wednesday.

Within a few seconds, he said, his room went pitch black, then the ceiling collapsed, the bed started tilting and the three floor-to-ceiling windows in the room imploded.
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