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03-29-2011, 06:12 PM
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Guy Scuba Dived Into the Tsunami to Rescue His Wife
People Are Awesome: This Guy Scuba Dived Into the Tsunami to Rescue His Wife and Mother!
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IN EVERY DISASTER, PEOPLE PERFORM SUPERHUMAN ACTS OF BRAVERY. One such story currently involves dozens of heroic players at the Fukushima Nuclear Facility in Japan.
Another concerns a man who Scuba Dived Into the Tsunami to Rescue His Wife and Mother. Maybe he felt he had to do so ... but it's still inspiring!
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Meet Hideaki Akaiwa, 43. Startled at work by the now infamous earthquake and tsunami that shook and overtook Japan on March 11, Akaiwa rushed to high ground and immediately called his wife of two decades. When she didn't answer, Akaiwa ignored friends' pleas to wait for a military rescue, instead rummaging up some scuba gear and diving into the dark, cold, debris-filled tsunami. Hundreds of yards of swimming later, Akaiwa found his wife struggling against the 10-foot current that had overtaken the couple's Ishinomaki home.
Once he'd gotten his wife to safety, Akaiwa suffered for four days with worry for his elderly mother. When she didn't turn up at any of the official evacuation centers, Akaiwa dove once again into the filthy, neck-high waters and swam to her neighborhood, determined to track her down. After some searching, Akaiwa found her, scared and alone, on the second floor of neighbor's house. "She was very much panicked because she was trapped with all this water around," he told the Los Angeles Times. "I didn't know where she was. It was such a relief to find her."
With his family accounted for, Akaiwa hasn't rested on his laurels. Rather, he's spent the past two weeks heading into Ishinomaki in search of other trapped survivors. Armed with a backpack, a flashlight, a Swiss Army knife, and some water, he rides his bike around the wreckage and makes his own destiny.
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03-29-2011, 06:16 PM
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I can't stand misanthropes. THIS is the real face of humankind.
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You fucking people [war veterans] are only a step below entitled rich kids, the only difference being you had to do and witness horrible things, instead of being given everything.
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real classy
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03-29-2011, 08:03 PM
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What a hero!! I would like to think my husband would do the same for me...I would like to... 
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03-29-2011, 11:04 PM
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That pumps me up.
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03-30-2011, 04:23 AM
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Good on this guy for risking his life for his wifes.
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*I would hope mr Bat wouldn't do this for me, because i'm a better swimmer than him.*
Breaks my heart that we have had so much devastation in the world in 2011, and we aren't even 4 mths into the new year.
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03-30-2011, 08:24 AM
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Dude is so FUCKING AWESOME.
Someone buy that man a beer.
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03-30-2011, 10:06 AM
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Damn, this guy is a fucking hero.
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03-30-2011, 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Versus
That pumps me up.
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this. brahmallama
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03-31-2011, 12:37 AM
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Chuck Norris has nothing on that guy sure!
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03-31-2011, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Despanan
Dude is so FUCKING AWESOME.
Someone buy that man a beer.
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Fucking dedicate a brewery to him. And then name the beer after him. That's how awesome this is.
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