Some search & rescue pics

[somone]

A soldier carries an elderly man to a shelter in Natori


A Japan Air Defense Force helicopter prepares to land in Minamisanrikucho; sign reads "Food, water and blankets 1,000"


Residents who spent the night at a school, rear, are helped by rescuers in Sendai


Rescue workers look for survivors while going through debris in Rikuzentakada


Japanese soldiers and rescue workers remove rubble on a street in Kamaishi


A rescuer uses a sniffer dog to look for missing persons in the rubble in Soma


Rescue by helicopter from a roof of an elementary school in Sendai


German rescue team waiting to board a plane to Japan at Frankfurt-Hahn airport


Swiss rescue team waiting for departure to Tokyo at Zurich airport


Los Angeles County urban search and rescue team preparing to leave for Japan

[bbinacan]

1. Great pics. thanks. n/t

[snagglepuss]

2. K & R nt

[uppityperson]

3. Having to deal with the cold weather on top of it all, those poor survivors

[jannyk]

7. and everything around them wet! Blankets/clothes/fuel/food - all wet. nt

[Angry Dragon]

4. K&R

[jannyk]

5. Seeing those rescue teams gearing up givves me goosebumps

The Korean Team are there (they were the first), Taiwan have their guys on the ground as does the UK. Aussies and Kiwis are in the air and on their way. China has sent a team! India is sending blankets (1,000's), Pakistan is sending a team, Sri Lanka is sending food. Kandahar (Afghanistan) is sending money.

Why can't the world be like that all the time?

[Dappleganger]

9. would't it be great?

The rescue team from Northern VA is there as well--I remember learning about them from the WTC attacks.

[Lucinda]

6. Thank you!

:hi:

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Let me add a couple that tell us the horror of this

which is not common

http://www.vancouversun.com/4430610.bin?size=440x300

[Skittles]

10. Awesome

make no mistake, rescuers are risking their own lives