Teenage survivor describes 9-day ordeal

OSAKA, Japan - A teenager rescued from the rubble of Japan's monster earthquake in a rare feat of survival recounted on Monday spending nine days trapped inside the wreckage unable to alert rescuers outside.

Jin Abe and his 80-year-old grandmother Sumi Abe were in the kitchen on the top floor of a two-story wooden house when the magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck on March 11, unleashing a massive tsunami that flattened entire cities.

The building collapsed but the 16-year-old was able to reach blankets, food and drink, helping them survive for more than a week, huddled together to keep warm.