Tsunami: Death and survival at school swimming club

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The two surviving girls were trapped in the storeroom, holding on to each other and struggling to breathe in their air pocket for 10 or 15 minutes until the tsunami receded.

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Japan's Red Cross says up to one in 10 of all survivors from Japan's earthquake and tsunami might now suffer post traumatic stress disorder. That could be tens of thousands of people. The trauma may be the legacy that weighs the longest on Japan.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13083528

What a sad story.

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1. PTSD is definitely going to be a problem

Just watching the video of the Minami Sanriku tsunami disaster from the viewpoint of high schoolers watching it from their school grounds was enough to convince me of that.