Singaporean family on holiday in Taiwan experiences a 7.4-magnitude earthquake and hides under a desk in their hotel room for safety.
AL Chew, his wife and five-year-old foster son hide under a desk in their Taipei hotel room as a 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan . Singapore an AL Chew had just finished breakfast and was walking back to his hotel room in Taipei at 8am when he felt the tremors. "I felt the building shaking and heard things falling in the rooms on the floor," the 46-year-old IT manager told AsiaOne, adding that he realised it was tremors from an earthquake.
His first thought was to get his 45-year-old wife and five-year-old foster son, who were in the suite at Grand Hyatt Taipei, to safety. As he rushed into the room, he grabbed his son and shouted to his wife to get under the large desk in front of them. "I was worried because the shaking was more than I expected and my family's safety was at risk," he said
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