japan s coast guard rescues a dog floating on debris. a small boat was sent out and a rescuer carried the dog to safety. after eating some sausage and cookies, she started wagging her tale and licking faces. her three-week ordeal over, her spirit restored with a little food and a lot affection. her owner saw footage of her on tv and this family member went to pick her up. unfortunately, reunions probably won t happen for many dogs, especially those left behind in the evacuation zone near the damaged fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. this video was shot by a freelance journalist two weeks after the tsunami. the journalist risked their lives entering the mandatory evacuation zone, exposing themselves to radiation levels. what they found was heartbreaking. dogs still in their homes, still waiting in vain for their owners to return.
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three weeks after the devastating earthquake and tsunami, a dramatic rescue, a tale of survival. japan s coast guard rescues a dog floating on debris. a small boat was sent out and a rescuer jumped into the sea and carried the dog to safety. she was skittish at first. after eating some sausage and cookies, she started wagging her tail and looking rescuer s faces. her three-week ordeal over, her spirit restored with a little food and a lot affection. the dog s name is ben. it turns out that her owner saw footage of her on tv and this family member went to pick her up. unfortunately, reunions probably won t happen for many dogs, especially those left behind in the evacuation zone near the damaged fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. this video was shot by a freelance journalist two weeks after the tsunami. the journalist risked their lives entering the mandatory evacuation zone, exposing
for them, hope is virtually nonexistent. kyung lah joins us live right now from tokyo. there are a lot of interest in the dogs. in particularly that one found tethered to a pole, people asking whether the man who shot the video untied the dog. do you know? reporter: he did not. and he says that, and we just spoke with him a short time ago, the journalist says he wanted to. it was a very tough decision. but he felt in his gut that somehow that owner was going to violate the government order and sneak back in and get that dog. that the dog, he made sure had enough water and he did give him his lunch and he did not want to remove the dog from the premises just in case the owner came back. there is something culturally at play here. japanese don t typically like to infringe on other people s property, so that certainly was also a factor. we should point out this is