Tattoo writer rides out massive earthquake

For hours after hearing about a monster quake Saturday that rocked northern Pakistan, we worried about Tattoo writer Edrees Kakar, an Afghan student who lives in Peshawar. Emails to him went unanswered and phone calls would not go through.
But late Saturday, Connecticut time, we finally reached him.
Talking to Edrees on the phone, Jackie offered comfort -- and helped him tell the story. Though he was far enough from the epicenter to have missed the devastation, he was plenty close enough to feel fear ... and sorrow.
Read his story, as told to Jackie on the copy desk in Connecticut, here:

Surviving a killer quake in Pakistan