As if the massive 8.9 earthquake wasn't enough destruction for one nation, the tsunami that followed presented an even bigger problem to the ever changing landscape of Japan. Since Japan is a nautical-based country, naturally many thousands of people would congregate along the island nation's many coast lines, therefore putting millions in the path of danger if a tsunami were to strike. And one did. In the city of Minami Sanriku alone, half of the city's population -9,500 people- have been estimated to be unaccounted for. That is more than five times the amount of students and faculty at Kennedy.
As CNN reporter Paula Hancocks writes, "Only a handful of buildings were left standing, with the rest a mangled mess of rubble. A boat sat on the edge of town, carried more than two miles inland by the tsunami."
Local government official Choushin Takahaski stated that "Most people ran away... some had to leave the elderly or disabled behind on the second floor. I think a lot of those left behind probably died." He then continues on, "I saw the bottom of the sea when the tidal wave withdrew and houses and people were being washed out, I couldn't watch anymore."
With massive increase in natural disasters happening worldwide -Australian and Brazilian floods, earthquake in Japan, heavy snow storms in the United States- everyone can has has been trying to provide the rest of the world with as much aid and support as possible.
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