[TYVets]

Five are now believed to have died, 15 are injured and others have said they know the radiation will kill them as they battle to cool overheating reactors and spent fuel rods.

A long time observer of the Japanese culture told me last Tuesday: "There will be more than enough volunteers to get the job done".

[driftdiver]

There would be plenty of volunteers in an American plant.

[Senator John Blutarski]

Anyone interested to learn the TRUE meaning of the word ‘martyr’ will find iot these men. They deserve enshrinement at Yasukuni.

[Senator John Blutarski]

Anyone interested to learn the TRUE meaning of the word ‘martyr’ will find it in these men. They deserve enshrinement at Yasukuni.

[ExSES]

Five are now believed to have died, 15 are injured and others have said they know the radiation will kill them as they battle to cool overheating reactors and spent fuel rods

In no way do I wish to diminish their sacrifice on behalf of their fellow citizens but, there are many (if not all) of the TEPCO employees at this plant who have lost everyone in their families and the vast majority of those in their lives (not to mention the physical possessions which are a distant second to the loss of your "others").

I would suspect that TEPCO had to turn down many of their employees who volunteered for the highly lethal tasks they needed to perform! Heroes are but ordinary people who perform heroic deeds when circumstances require heroes!