THE DALLES, Ore. -- From a small tea parlor in The Dalles, owners Bev and Alan Eagy feared the worst. "All I could see is my daughter in the dark, injured, my daughter dead, my son-in-law dead," said Bev Eagy.
The couple's daughter, Rachel, and son-in-law, Joel, both graduates of George Fox University, were in a third story apartment in Port Au Prince when Tuesday's earthquake shook the island nation. "Not only could we not go to them, we couldn't get information about them, didn't know if they were alive, hurt bad, it's a terrible feeling," added Alan Eagy.
That feeling consumed the Eagys for nine exhausting hours. But in the middle of the night the phone rang, and on the other end was a shaky, yet familiar voice. "It's her Australian accent and I'm like, oh my God, Rachel, you're alive, and she said, I'm alive," added Eagy.
The call was brief, lasting only a few seconds, but Rachel shared her terrifying story. Her and her husband's apartment building collapsed. They had to dig themselves out of the rubble and crawl to safety. "She said, Mom it's a miracle," said Eagy.
As of Wednesday night, hundreds of thousands of people were still unaccounted for. Fortunately for the Eagys, Rachel Colbourne and Joel Hoffman were not among them. "I'm one happy mama," said Eagy. "I'm so happy, filled with joy, my daughter's alive and I thought she was dead."
