Contractor Danny Eudy News Today

Did. and that affected him deeply. >> it just -- its gone in a matter of seconds. but theres no precursor, no warnings, nothing. other than when it hits. >> reporter: eudy was evacuated to tokyo within days was back in the u.s. but his thoughts remain with the workers he left behind in fukushima. are those workers, in your mind, heroes? >> no, sir, i dont know about heroes. i would just call them like myself, just workers trying to do the best they can. >> reporter: david mattingly, cnn, alexand...

>> it kind of, like, slowed down just a little, and then all of a sudden it got worse and worse. >> reporter: which the quake hit, he was in a turbine building attached to the fukushima daiichi nuclear reactor number one. the shaking was so violent, american contractor danny eudy says he didnt need a translator to know what the japanese workers were shouting. >> you know run is run. >> reporter: did you think you were going to make it out of that building? >> i wasnt sure. >> reporter: once outs...

>> kind of like slowed down just a little. then all of a sudden it got worse and worse. >> reporter: when the quake hit, he was in a turbine building attached to the fukushima daiichi nuclear reactor number one. the shaking was so violent, american contractor danny eudy says he didnt need a translator to know what the japanese workers were shouting. >> you know run is run. workers were shouting. >> we know ron is ron. >> did you think you were going to make it out of that building? >> i wasnt su...