i won t forget that moment. water and debris piled up almost to the second floor. no one could leave. what was that like? that was the worst night of my life. a sleepless night huddled in her boss s office. thinking about zach. the next morning, a jolting aftershock and more sirens. but then zach found her, and together they looked at what was left of the town. georgia took these pictures. 38 people lost their lives in noda, a tiny percentage of the more than 18,000 who died up sand down the coast but half of noda was simply gone. it was like someone had driven a bulldozer through and it was all gone. how a wave can do that, i don t know.
wow. she felt safe up here, somehow detached from the horror she was witnessing. and then it hit her. there was this moment where it was absolutely silent and you could hear a dog barking off in the distance and occasionally there d be a shout, but other than that, it was so surreal, so silent. wow. yes. i won t forget that moment. water and debris piled up almost to the second floor. no one could leave. what was that like? that was the worst night of my life. a sleepless night, huddled in her boss s office, missing zach, but thinking he was okay further inland. and the next morning, a jolting aftershock, and more tsunami sirens. but then zach found her, and
what was that like? that was the worst night of my life. a sleepless night, huddled in her boss s office, missing zach, but thinking he was okay further inland. and the next morning, a jolting aftershock, and more tsunami sirens. but then zach found her, and together, they looked at what was left of the town. georgia took these pictures. 38 people lost their lives in noda, a tiny percentage of the more than 18,000 who died up and down the coast, but half of noda was simply gone. it was like someone had just driven a bulldozer through and it was all gone. there was how a wave can do that, i don t know. lifting complete houses up off their foundations, so all that was left was the shell. or the front stairs leading up to nothing. yes. and then they went to the safest place they could think of, their mentor kenji s office in kuji, where the other teachers had gathered. and he knew, kenji being kenji, he found all the food that he could find in his house, anything that we
okay further inland. the next morning, a jolting aftershock and more tsunami sirens. but then zach found her, and together they looked at what was left of the town. georgia took these pictures. 38 people lost their lives in noda, a tiny percentage of the more than 18,000 who died up and down the coast, but half of noda was simply gone. it was like someone had driven a bulldozer through and it was all gone. how a wave can do that, i don t know. lifting complete houses up off their foundations, so all that was left was the shell. the front stairs leading up to nothing. and then they went to the safest place they could think of, their mentor kenji s office in kuji where the other teachers had gathered. kenji being kenji, he found all the food that he could find in his house, anything that we
unbelievable. this house is not usually there. that s just in the middle of the car park. just phenomenal. wow. she felt safe up here, somehow detached from the horror she was witnessing. and then it hit her. there was this moment where it was absolutely silent and you could hear a dog barking off in the distance, and occasionally there would be a shout, but other than that it was so surreal, so silent. wow. yeah. i won t forget that moment. water and debris piled up almost to the second floor. no one could leave. what was that like? that was the worst night of my life. a sleepless night huddled in her boss s office. thinking about zach. the next morning, a jolting