In Kobe, most of the buildings were poorly structured because of how old they city was.

The aftershocks still made damage to everything in the city.

Everyone in Kobe jump at the chance to help someone in need. Every second counts in this case. Many other nation allies were ready to help out immediately as well.

At the left picture, the Hanshin Expressway collapsed over on it's side. This caused many ways to the city to be blocked for several hours. On the top right hand picture, a building is in the middle of collapsing. On the right bottom hand corner picture, it's a road splitting in half thanks to the destruction from the earthquake.

This is a city wide view of the destruction of the earthquake.

A little girl planted this sunflower because she was bored. This happened a few days prior to the earthquake. That was a little seedling then, but after the earthquake, it survived and turned into a right and healthy sunflower. Unfortunately for her she passed away, and that became the symbol of hope for Kobe from that day on. Sunflowers were brought to graves of loved ones that were claimed by the earthquake.