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fatality? If she somehow made it to safety, what of her loved ones, her neighbors, her home, her livelihood? And how would she cope with having survived?
That haunting image, for me, tipped the balance of the day’s events away from the earthquake and towards the tsunami. NHK must have sensed this too, because the video clips that had repeatedly been shown – of falling ceiling tiles, and rocking office cabinets, and frightened office workers bracing themselves under desks – gave way to fresh video clips of crashing waves. Over time, more video clips arrived and were broadcast, and the world began to see the horrors from a closer vantage.
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