Anguish and Hope
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One family searches through the remains of their seaside home, hunting with calm resolve for any surviving possessions. It’s an experience shared by countless others.
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In harbor towns hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami, residents worry that radioactive contamination of the seafood chain may cost them their livelihoods.
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Students and teachers at Ookawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Japan, knew just what to do in an earthquake. Yet nearly 100 of them died as the tsunami swept in.
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Hideaki Akaiwa, in Miyagi prefecture, has decided not to wait for rescue workers. With a scuba suit on, he waded through flooded streets to rescue his wife, and later his mother. He continues to look for more survivors.
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One woman was able to stay in her vehicle as it rode atop the waves in Minamisanriku. Two others made it to higher ground and clung to a tree with all their strength. Thousands of others apparently were not so lucky.
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Prime Minister Naoto Kan says he will convene a national post-quake council within 10 days; he later visits a devastated town on the northeast coast. U.S.-Japanese troops launch a wide-scale hunt for bodies.
