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Photos: Parents search rubble of school for their children after Japan earthquake

Tatsuhiro Karino and wife Masako search for their daughter, Misaki, 8, at Ookawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Japan. He found the body of their son, Tetsuya, 11, earlier in the day. More than 80 students and 10 teachers died in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

Tatsuhiro Karino and wife Masako search for their daughter, Misaki, 8, at Ookawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Japan. He found the body of their son, Tetsuya, 11, earlier in the day. More than 80 students and 10 teachers died in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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Tatsuhiro and Masako Karino grieve over the body of their son, Tetsuya.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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The Karinos search for daughter Misaki, 8, in what was once the schoolyard.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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Items recovered from the school are placed in a pile.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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Book bags and school supplies lie ruined at Ookawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Japan.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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Workers carry a body from the school.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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More than a dozen bodies were recovered from the area on Tuesday, March 22.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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Tatsuhiro and Masako Karino continue the search for their daughter.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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