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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-11-11 11:02 AM
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Passenger train missing in tsunami-hit Japan: Kyodo

Agence France-Presse
Posted at 03/11/2011 9:40 PM | Updated as of 03/11/2011 10:18 PM

TOKYO, Japan - A passenger train with an unknown number of people aboard was unaccounted for in a tsunami-hit part of coastal Japan, Kyodo News reported Friday, citing police.

The East Japan Railway Co. train was running near Nobiru Station on the Senseki Line connecting Sendai to Ishinomaki when a massive quake hit, triggering a 10-metre (33-foot) tsunami, the report said.


http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/world/03/11/11/passenger-train-missing-tsunami-hit-japan-kyodo
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-11-11 11:03 AM
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1. Frightening indeed
At least one boat with over 100 people is also missing
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dhill926 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-11-11 11:04 AM
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2. the news is only going to get worse......
many friends there. this is just awful......
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-11-11 11:05 AM
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3. K&R
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GKirk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-11-11 11:06 AM
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4. Scary indeed...
...considering the way they pack people onto those trains.

I don't think a train would fare too bad in the quake itself but if it got sucked in by the tsunami...oh my.
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Hutzpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-11-11 11:10 AM
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5. Holy Shit!!
:scared:
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-11-11 11:11 AM
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6. Still?
That cannot be good.
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-11-11 12:18 PM
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7. BBC TV just said AFP is reporting there are 2 trains unaccounted for
but not on their website yet.
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