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Rescued toddler asks about his dead mother

Yuta Minagawa

A 2-year-old boy who was miraculously rescued from a crushed car after a major earthquake in Niigata Prefecture has begun recounting his ordeal and is asking about his mother who died in the debris, officials said Oct. 30.

Yuta Minagawa, who was rescued Oct. 27 after spending four nights trapped in the white minivan under the rubble of a landslide, seems to have clear memories, said officials at Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital.

He has been repeatedly asking hospital staff when he can see his mother and asked Oct. 30: "Did my mom die in the hospital?"

Hospital officials would not say whether the news has been broken to him.

When physicians asked Yuta what he drank while he was trapped, he said, "I drank milk. . . . I didn't know what to do because the car broke. Please fix it."

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