Fire brigade members in tsunami-ravaged town stood ground until the end

The Mainichi ^ | March 24, 2001

[snowsislander]

As a deadly tsunami raced toward the Iwate Prefecture town of Otsuchi on March 11, members of the local fire brigade's No. 2 branch stood their ground, desperately warning residents of the looming disaster as they raced to secure the coastal town's tide barrier.

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[muawiyah]

Truly heroic.

[snowsislander]

Sorry, I mistyped the date; it should of course read "March 24, 2011", not "March 24, 2001".

[basil]

Thanks for posting this...

[ClearCase_guy]

THAT is what public service is really all about.

Unfortunately, among the US political class, this is what public service looks like:

[CaptainAmiigaf]

If you were able to ask THEM, they would deny being heroic, rather they were doing their jobs. These were the Japanese equivalent of the American first-responders who went into the World Trade Center, when most people would have run for their lives, literally.
Civilization owes its existence to people like these, not political blowhards.

[fred2008]

LOL. Perfect. Simply perfect...

[reagan_fanatic]

I thought the proper response to beached whales was to push them back out into the ocean.

[NonValueAdded]

duty, honor, courage

John 15:13

[muawiyah]

There are transcendental values in this world.