Niigata quake - Two-years-old survived miraculously four days in a rock-buried car (images and video)

Nagaoka Japan: In a car buried under tonnes of rock from a landslide triggered by the powerful earthquake, a two-year-old boy Yuta miraculously survived almost four days but his mom Takako Minagawa did not. And his elder sister has not been rescued as of this writing.

The landsplip destroyed the road alongside the Shinano River....

and the car got buried like this.

The toddler was found standing in a tiny space between the car body and a huge rock....

and he was finally saved by the Hyper-Rescue Team dispatched from Tokyo.

You can view a video clip of the boy being rescued, by clicking the following link:

• Rescue scene video (Media Player)

The boy reportedly sustained his life by sucking milk from a bottle left in the car while waiting for rescue.

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