Eyewitness accounts of the tsunami that devastated Japan in March 2011, captured by the people who kept filming as the cataclysmic events unfolded around them.
Air Date: 12-11-2011
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Japan's Tsunami Caught On Camera
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These poor people, My heart goes out to all of them <3
Mother Nature can be so frightening. God bless all you people and lost ones.
Its easy for someone to run but its too hard when u have kids
悲しみは決してなくなるものではありません。?
And why ppl are so dumb and not run and hide ?
Can someone explain how the gouverment didnt alert the ppl with URGENT MOBILE MESAGES or something like that??
I don't know why the guy escaping the water and abandoning his car went back to close the door lmao
If I was driving and saw people running from a tsunami, I would force them into my car
It'd be less offensive to put subtitles up instead of the voice-overs
Note to self, build house in a mountain in Japan.
I am so sorry to my brothers and sisters who experienced this first hand. I am so sorry.
The firemen were there to the last mintue because of naive people like you. But that them being heroes.
This was so sad, I pray for the families & for the country. Please don’t feel responsible !!! You did what you could do, plus you safe people by warning them, ?❤️ hugs
mother nature says enough you need to take of the earth, or enough is enough, they have been telling us since 1969 and since they bombed the sea with the h bombs..
I’m from the Puget Sound in Washington state, and I’m lucky enough to live in the highlands of Renton. I’m pretty close to big bodies of water, but not THAT close, and our elevation is far above what a typical tsunami could reach even if we were right next to the ocean itself. The hills and mountainous territory is beneficial to most residential areas since they’re often pretty high up and the ground is mostly stable despite the composition, but businesses and other flatland/lowland homes could easily be decimated if the water reached far enough. Anyone at the waterfront and not shaken off the edge of a cliff in a landslide from the initial earthquake is going to be at extreme risk from the ensuing tsunami.
Given how terrible our traffic is, it would be a mad scramble for high ground to avoid the tsumani’s wrath while likely ending up stuck in a traffic jam. I just hope that for the next earthquake and potential flooding to follow, if it happens to affect our coastal neighbors, it happens in an area where people can readily retreat to higher even without the aid of a proper vehicle.
This story is one I won’t forget, and the things we learn from these tragedies will help keep us and our loved ones alive. I hope the tsumanis to come in Japan fail to take any more precious lives away, fail to tear more families apart.
This is really gut-wrenching to watch. I recall watching this tragedy on Al-Jazeera. Broke my heart. It still does.
????????? I can’t even imagine how do you think about the future after something like this where you go or what you will do when everything you know is gone…………..
Oh this is sad. ???
34:45 that idiot….God what a moron
22:08 Jesus fucking chrikes is that running for your life????
That guys high pitched whooping was so annoying
Japan's only like 1 or 2% religious so at least they didnt waste their energy praying.
Where are the disabled people and the children? Or are they allowed to be disposed of?
Why would he run back and close his car door lol. The entire car is going. Does it really matter ehat happens to the door?
1:01:23 Oh Shit I wouldn't expect this to happen that looks like a city I dont even see the coast then all of a sudden the bvld looks like a raging river
Truly sad and terrifying event its even worst that this happened in the winter season hypothermia would kill you if you didn't already drown first. ??
….@ 10:33 The Young Man Says it Perfectly "The River Is Flowing Backwards"….
This was the Fukushima quake yeah? Or?
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Man, the helplessness of only being able to say "RUN" and at the same time, not being able to save them must have been very traumatic for the survivors.
i checked these places on Google Earth and it broke my heart
Those poor souls.
Everyone who was lost that day.
Watching the two men at 35:30
One second they were there holding each other while trying to cling to the tree and the next, gone.
God bless them all and their families.
I wish the families that lost loved ones to be at peace.
You'll see your loved ones again.
We live in a country full of water not only the sea. That kinda makes me scared at times knowning that something like this could happen. Even though we dont have earth quakes massive like these countries, but the sea level is getting higher. Our country is building walls around waters because of that so our country will not get filled full of water. If we did not do that, our country basically would not excist today. Damn tsunamis go so fast ….
Just shocking, but what do people do with all the rubble ????
Did not realize the impact and the number of death. This was so devastating! 20,000 lives lost, unimaginable. Now I'm curious how the rebuilding physically and emotionally is going. I'm sure they are still rebuilding in 2019. I know there was one here in Hawaii years ago and the curiosity of people caused many deaths and I'm sure this was the case also. Praying the survivors were able to rebuild their lives. So much senseless deaths!
man dies .. "BAKA!"
Next tsunami better be filmed in 1080p
This was horrible,,cant imaging being at work and getting news and worried about my family members safety and not being able to get there fast enough to help them all ,my heart goes out to all in Japan who lost anyone,,
Me and my Gf were travelling Rural Japan from Canada. The day earthquake struck Japan, we were in a resort and everyone was so calm, but we were freaking. 27 minutes later Tsunami hit the coast and we were evacuated by the locals to higher ground. Being the only foreigners in town, everyone was extremely nice and supportive and have us shelter, food, water. Mad respect for the Japanese people. On that day they did lost everything but my respect for Japan & its people will always stay. Love you Japan ?? ??
it's gonna happen again in 20, 40, 60, 100 years? It's just the world.
Y people live in Japan plz live with us
Donald Trump could have actually saved them by building a wall to protect them. ?