One moment they were enjoying their breakfast, the next they were running for their lives. Thanks to a Singaporean tourist who sounded the alarm, 17 diners and employees at an eatery in Hualian, Taiwan, managed to escape disaster mere seconds before the building partially collapsed during the 7.
Singaporean Chen Suping and her five family members were among 17 people who escaped from an eatery in Hualien during the quake that hit Taiwan on April 3.One moment they were enjoying their breakfast, the next they were running for their lives.
They were at the eatery in Hualien, which sits on the ground floor of a five-storey apartment building, for breakfast at around 7.50am on Wednesday.
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