Baby in iconic tsunami photo safe with parents [April 19 2011]

The tiny baby in a fuzzy pink blanket, plucked by an emotional Japanese soldier from the second story of a wrecked house three days after the powerful earthquake and tsunami, captured the attention of the entire world.

The moment was captured by a photographer from leading Japanese newspaper Yomiuri and published by newspapers and websites worldwide. The picture evoked a rare glimmer of hope amid so much destruction and death from the March 11 disasters that killed an estimated 26,000 people.

Weeks later, 5-month-old Iroha Ishikawa is now healthy and safe, living at a shelter inside an elementary school with her parents in Ishinomaki, 200 miles (320 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo, Associated Press Reported.