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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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