The magnitude 9.0 earthquake was the first great earthquake in the century that hit Zone A. It hit without warning and killed without mercy.
And among the ones who were killed in this unexpected incident were Ren's parents. When Ren was confined to the hospital, Helen and Troy were on their way back to get his clothes and prepared the necessary papers for Ren's confinement.
They went to the hospital using the private helicopter of the hospital so they were taking the train on the way back home. If only the earthquake struck a much later time when Troy was already driving Ren's car to the hospital and they might have lived.
However, accident struck in the most unexpected time.
The earthquake came while they were inside the train. If only they had been inside a building, they might have been saved because every structure had provisions for earthquakes.