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This remarkable series of images taken last month depicts local reporter Toya Chiba being swept away while taking pictures at the mouth of the Owatari River during the Japanese tsunami. According to Reuters, Chiba managed to survive in the rush of water by grabbing a dangling rope and climbing onto a coal heap around 30 feet high, after being swept away for about 100 feet, Kyodo News reports. (via msnbc)
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When Japanese reporter Toya Chiba was asked by his paper to investigate the damage caused by the earthquake to the port city of Kamaishi he knew it wasn’t going to be just another day at the office. But the intrepid hack could never have guessed just how close to the action he was going to get. This incredible sequence of pictures, taken by a nearby building’s CCTV camera, shows Toya’s unbelievable escape after he suddenly found himself at the mercy of the raging waters while he kept taking photos of the tsunami
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