They come to see if anything is left – and find nothing

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from the Independent UK:




They come to see if anything is left – and find nothing

By David McNeill in the devastated town of Minami Sanriku
Monday, 14 March 2011



AP
Rubble is scattered across the wide areas of the town of Minami Sanriku, northeastern Japan


It was once a family home. Mum would have cooked dinner on the kitchen stove. Children would have played video games in the front room, facing the Pacific Ocean. Now all that's left is its bare concrete base and a few scattered belongings: the shreds of a kimono and a child's schoolbag.

Like almost everything else in this town of 17,666 people, it was washed into the sea. "The water was 10 metres high," recalls Koichi Tsuto, who watched in horror from the surrounding mountains as Friday's tsunami roared into Minami Sanriku and took away everything he had in a giant muddy deluge.

"It was like a mountain of water," Mr Tsuto says, his eyes widening.

Beside him, his wife, Fujiko, looks shattered, defeated. They have come to see if there is anything left – and come away empty-handed. ...............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/they-come-to-see-if-anything-is-left-ndash-and-find-nothing-2240967.html

[Curmudgeoness]

1. This is just impossible for me to get my head around.

My heart goes out to all the people who lived in these areas.