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Didn't see this story anywhere in "the news". A real lift from the doom and gloom.
News item from Undercurrent's Online Update:
Diver Finds Wife in Tsunami Aftermath:
After days of waiting for help, a Japanese man donned scuba gear to search for his wife and mother. Hideaki Akaiwa was at work when the tsunami hit, and he returned to his town of Ishinomaki to find his neighborhood submerged in 10 feet of water. Akaiwa, 43, got hold of scuba gear, wended his way through debris and underwater hazards and managed to reach his house, from which he dragged his wife to safety. "The water felt very cold, dark and scary," he told the Los Angeles Times. "I had to swim about 200 yards to her, which was quite difficult with all the floating wreckage." When his mother was still missing several days later, he did the same thing, and found her on the second floor of a flooded house, where she'd been trapped for four days. Now Akaiwa is looking for other trapped survivors.
News item from Undercurrent's Online Update:
Diver Finds Wife in Tsunami Aftermath:
After days of waiting for help, a Japanese man donned scuba gear to search for his wife and mother. Hideaki Akaiwa was at work when the tsunami hit, and he returned to his town of Ishinomaki to find his neighborhood submerged in 10 feet of water. Akaiwa, 43, got hold of scuba gear, wended his way through debris and underwater hazards and managed to reach his house, from which he dragged his wife to safety. "The water felt very cold, dark and scary," he told the Los Angeles Times. "I had to swim about 200 yards to her, which was quite difficult with all the floating wreckage." When his mother was still missing several days later, he did the same thing, and found her on the second floor of a flooded house, where she'd been trapped for four days. Now Akaiwa is looking for other trapped survivors.
