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N.Z. quake

TOKYO, Japan - Kento Okuda (C on the stretcher), a 19-year-old Toyama language school student, returns to Japan aboard an Air New Zealand plane that arrived at Narita airport on Feb. 28, 2011, from New Zealand where he had his right leg amputated in being freed from the debris of a building flattened by a powerful earthquake Feb. 22.

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N.Z. quake

TOKYO, Japan - Kento Okuda (C on the stretcher), a 19-year-old Toyama language school student, returns to Japan aboard an Air New Zealand plane that arrived at Narita airport on Feb. 28, 2011, from New Zealand where he had his right leg amputated in being freed from the debris of a building flattened by a powerful earthquake Feb. 22. (Kyodo)

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Rescued Japanese speaks after N.Z. earthquake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Kento Okuda, a Japanese student who was rescued from a collapsed building following a devastating earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, is pictured during an interview at a local hospital on Feb. 24, 2011. The 19-year-old, who had his right leg amputated, said he wants his family and friends to know that he is alive. (Kyodo)