During the earthquake he ran out of the building, but later he went in to fetch some things. While he was inside there was an aftershock, and he fell to the ground and sat there shaking with fear. In the end he didn't bring out anything. "My US dollars and gold are all buried under there!"
一位外省籍的老先生剛來時都不講話，慢慢地才瞭解，老先生開文具店，地震發生時跑了出來，後來想回去拿些東西，卻碰巧遇到餘震，他跌坐地上嚇得不停發抖，最後什麼也沒有拿出來，「我的美金、金子都壓在裡面了！」