1000 Bodies found on shore (Japan)

[jannyk]

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0216: Grimmer news on the recovery operation in Minamisanriku: about 1,000 bodies found there, according to Kyodo.


BBC TV said found on/at shoreline

Very sad

[jannyk]

1. Sadly now 2,000

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0234: Some 2,000 bodies were found today on two shores in Miyagi Prefecture, 1,000 on the Ojika Peninsula and 1,000 at Minamisanriku - Japanese news agency Kyodo.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

[Arctic Dave]

2. Damn. :(

[deminks]

3. CNN Anderson Cooper also reporting 2000 bodies found.

Isn't this the area where half the 18,000 residents were missing?

[jannyk]

5. yes, at least they said 1,000 of them were. nt

[jannyk]

4. My guess is they were washed out to sea

and now the tide has brought them back.
:cry:

[jannyk]

6. Nationwide plea for bodybags :(

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0427: Officials in Iwate, one of the three prefectures hardest hit by the quake and tsunami, are appealing for funeral homes nationwide to send body bags and coffins. "We simply don't have enough," Hajime Sato tells the Associated Press news agency. "We just did not expect such a thing to happen. It's just overwhelming."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698