Fallout. translated i had one daughter left. I had to protect her. Narrator . And the courage. translated we did it. We did it for everyone. Narrator tonight on frontlinthe story of those tense days inside japans Nuclear Meltdown. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The wyncote foundation, and by tfrontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. man speaking japanese translated on march 11, there was a relaxed atmosphere at work. I was at my computer, writing reports. Before that day, wed had a few earthquakes, around magnitude four.
The plant wasnt safe, was it . Narrator just up the coast, the fishermen of fukushima knew what was coming next. translated its always been said on this shore, the tsunami will follow the earthquake. I went straight to the harbor and headed out to sea. Narrator yoshio ichida wanted to save his boat. He was racing straight into the biggest tsunami waves to strike japan in hundreds of years, hoping to crest them before they broke. translated they were like mountains. We went over three waves that came directly from the east. They were about 15 meters high. It was like this. Narrator the biggest of the waves was more than 40 feet high and traveling at over 100 miles an hour. translated when i looked back to shore, there was a strange ocean mist. I knew something bad was happening. Narrator at the Nuclear Plant, a worker was filming as his coworkers fled to higher ground. At 3 35 pm, the biggest of the waves struck. It was more than twice the height of the plants seawall. Its now known tha
Fallout. translated i had one daughter left. I had to protect her. Narrator . And the courage. translated we did it. We did it for everyone. Narrator tonight on frontlinthe story of those tense days inside japans Nuclear Meltdown. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The wyncote foundation, and by tfrontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. man speaking japanese translated on march 11, there was a relaxed atmosphere at work. I was at my computer, writing reports. Before that day, wed had a few earthquakes, around magnitude four.
The plant wasnt safe, was it . Narrator just up the coast, the fishermen of fukushima knew what was coming next. translated its always been said on this shore, the tsunami will follow the earthquake. I went straight to the harbor and headed out to sea. Narrator yoshio ichida wanted to save his boat. He was racing straight into the biggest tsunami waves to strike japan in hundreds of years, hoping to crest them before they broke. translated they were like mountains. We went over three waves that came directly from the east. They were about 15 meters high. It was like this. Narrator the biggest of the waves was more than 40 feet high and traveling at over 100 miles an hour. translated when i looked back to shore, there was a strange ocean mist. I knew something bad was happening. Narrator at the Nuclear Plant, a worker was filming as his coworkers fled to higher ground. At 3 35 pm, the biggest of the waves struck. It was more than twice the height of the plants seawall. Its now known tha
Becoming saints, we take a deeper look at the celebrations and the controversy. Smoouz tonight an unexpected resignation in south korea. The countrys Prime Minister announces late this evening he is stepping down. He accepts responsibility for its governments begun he willed response to the sunken ferry sglfrn radio and the right thing for me to do is to take responsibility and resign as a person who was in charge of the cabinet. On behalf of the government, i apologize for many problems from the prevention of the accident to the early handling of the disaster all 15 navigating the ferry are in custody. Crew members have said they smashed the ferry in order to help passengers escape. Today a Government Agency was accused of failing to properly monitor the ferrys safety. 187 bodies have been recovered with 115 believed to still be missing. We move now to the basketball backlash, the nba launched an investigation after the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers reportedly made racist remarks.