JAPAN-Good News: Minamisanriku - 2,000 People "missing & presumed dead" Located In Surrounding Towns

[kpete]

Certainties of Modern Life Upended in Japan

The Miyagi prefectural government said Tuesday that search teams had located 2,000 people in Minamisanriku who had been missing and presumed dead. They had fled to surrounding towns as the tsunami bashed the coastal areas of the town.

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A member of Japan's Self-Defense Forces soldier cradles a young survivor in the devastated city of Ishinomaki

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/world/asia/16japan.html?hp
absolutely incredible photos here:
http://nationaljournal.com/pictures-japan-earthquake-rescue-recovery-and-reaction-20110314

[Hannah Bell]

1. kr

[Hell Hath No Fury]

2. Fantastic news!

I was hoping that would be the case. :)

[kpete]

3. i have

goose bumps
that baby is BEAUTIFUL,
the future...

peace, kpete

[City Lights]

4. Great news!

:bounce:

[Generic Other]

5. Tiny blessings!

Small precious blessings.

[Marie Marie]

6. Finally some good news for these beleaguered people

:bounce: May they keep finding more and more survivors.

[calimary]

7. Any good news in this huge tragedy is so welcome!

Thanks for posting this!

[Raschel]

12. Honestly! This is unbelievably wonderful. I pray that they find food, shelter and safety.

[calimary]

13. You know, you just cling to this stuff. The littlest thing. I can't tell you how emotional I got

just seeing a thread here yesterday whose OP featured two photos of people with their pets. My God - the anguish! One little old man was sobbing as a rescue worker handed him his dog, and a woman was bent over tightly clutching her cat. I can't help but wonder about those people - and if that precious pet was perhaps all either of them had left, out of all this. The look on that sobbing old man's face, even in profile - shit, I'm getting teary-eyed again just writing about it. I found several other photos of a similar nature - people clinging to their pets like that's all there is, and you know deep-down that probably IS all they have left. Just rips your heart out.

[malaise]

8. Excellent news

Rec

[girl gone mad]

9. k & r

[DFab420]

10. Thank WHOMEVER!

Thanks to the Japanese for there ever present readiness

Thanks to the world for deciding that 2,000 people should live

Thanks to whatever deity or force looks over this kind of thing.


Just... Thanks..

[mod mom]

11. wonderful News!!! What a cute baby!

[gkhouston]

14. K&R. I'll take any good news I can get from Japan. n/t

[MadHound]

15. Excellent news, at a time when good news is so hard to come by. n/t

[denem]

16. Thank you. Light in this darkness

is bright indeed.