'American Idol' survives quake in Chile

Elliot Yamin is in Chile and continues to be rocked by aftershocks of the massive 8.8 earthquake. According to his tweets, he was in Vina Del Mar (about 85 miles outside of Santiago) competing in some music festival when the quake hit. He's been keeping his faithful followers up to date from the very beginning starting with this.

"Huge earthquake just now in Chile!!....I swear I thought this was the end of my life!!!!!"

The earthquake's epicenter was about 225 miles to the south, just off the Chilean coast. And the panic has been evident.

"Complete and utter chaos on the streets...no power...my heart is beatin outta my chest!....tsunami warnin...I am only a mile inland!"

Yamin is a diabetic and has expressed some concern about keeping his condition in check.

"Just got word that the airport in Santiago is closed...the tarmac has been reduced 2 rubble...my blood sugar is really hi" "Imma Type 1 diabetic, and was sppsd 2 leave sunday.I only packed enuf insulin pump supplies 2 last til then....airports r closed!"

He has since been bussed from Vina Del Mar to Santiago.

"wow!!..a bit emotional as i am seeing for the first time since the quake hit, exactly what we endured!"
"so far, we are the lucky ones!!...please cont 2 pray 4 the victims and their families!!...im overwhelmed w emotion right now!!"

Many of the national news networks have reached out to Yamin and he's granting interviews as possible. In fact, he just Skyped with Larry King on CNN.

You can follow Elliott's tweets here: http://twitter.com/elliottyamin

Source:seattletimes.nwsource.com/