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Friday, March 18, 2011
Amazing footage taken by Japanese film crew just as the tsunami hit.
Dealing with three major disasters the Japanese show no signs of panic, looting, or outrageous behavior. They are a model of disciplined stoicism. What honorable people they are.
Tears streaming down my face. What a people, what a society, what a culture! I want to be part of one like that - one where it is simply assumed that everyone is worth to live, worth to rescue, worth to survive. Everyone chipping in to help everyone else.
Thanks for posting this incredible video, Gryphen.
brings tears to see such goodness in the face of such terrible challenges. i have always admired japan, but now i REALLY admire the japanese people and their strength at this awful time. thanks for posting.
Getting oneself to safety is good. Making a human chain to save that family with small children is truly heroic.
Those shipping containers were unstable, and slippery with floodwater and snowmelt. I can barely imagine standing on one while aftershocks are rocking it (I am a former Yosemite climber and used to exposure). It was purest luck that they were washed into position to form a path above the waters.
We humans are risk-takers and problem-solvers: find a fire-hose, find a path, find a way... but it takes something more to risk your own life for someone you don't know but who is crying in the flood.
Thanks, Gryphen, for posting this, and to Maddow for airing the tape.
In a world gone mad, it helps to remember that there is a core of humanity.
I agree with everyone. The Japanese have shown so much grace during unimaginable hardship. I'm like, what next? Godzilla? Really, my heart is broken for them. I am praying for them so much. They have been through more than enough. I pray they can avoid nuclear disaster.
The absolute and beautiful humanity shown in that video brought tears to my eyes.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, amazing video.
ReplyDeleteThat made me cry.
ReplyDeleteHumans can be so good.
Wow. That was amazing. Just to see they barley made it up those stairs. Then. Wow. Able to save those people
ReplyDeleteAnd it's snowing.
wow.
Dealing with three major disasters the Japanese show no signs of panic, looting, or outrageous behavior. They are a model of disciplined stoicism. What honorable people they are.
ReplyDeleteHoly cow.
ReplyDelete(basically speechless, tears in my eyes.)
Brought tears to my eyes too. Thanks for posting this Gryphen.
ReplyDeleteSame here...tears and a smile to see those people and the children pulled to safety.
ReplyDeleteI am sure it is Anderson Cooper crying that his feet are wet at end of video.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wussie.
Tears streaming down my face. What a people, what a society, what a culture!
ReplyDeleteI want to be part of one like that - one where it is simply assumed that everyone is worth to live, worth to rescue, worth to survive. Everyone chipping in to help everyone else.
Thanks for posting this incredible video, Gryphen.
@10:07 - Anderson Cooper is there. You're not. Wussy much?
ReplyDeletebrings tears to see such goodness in the face of such terrible challenges. i have always admired japan, but now i REALLY admire the japanese people and their strength at this awful time. thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteGetting oneself to safety is good. Making a human chain to save that family with small children is truly heroic.
ReplyDeleteThose shipping containers were unstable, and slippery with floodwater and snowmelt. I can barely imagine standing on one while aftershocks are rocking it (I am a former Yosemite climber and used to exposure). It was purest luck that they were washed into position to form a path above the waters.
We humans are risk-takers and problem-solvers: find a fire-hose, find a path, find a way... but it takes something more to risk your own life for someone you don't know but who is crying in the flood.
Thanks, Gryphen, for posting this, and to Maddow for airing the tape.
In a world gone mad, it helps to remember that there is a core of humanity.
I agree with everyone. The Japanese have shown so much grace during unimaginable hardship. I'm like, what next? Godzilla? Really, my heart is broken for them. I am praying for them so much. They have been through more than enough. I pray they can avoid nuclear disaster.
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