Personal Narrative: The Tuohoku Earthquake

Remembering as if it happened yesterday, waking up with my broken left ankle throbbing in pain. Limping out the door toward my SUV, I thought I should be on leave and enjoying the fresh snow in the mountains, but instead I am working today with a broken ankle. The base began a deployment exercise that day, and I did not want to report for duty. The day was gorgeous outside; the sun shining brightly and was a breathtaking day.

Once I completed the deployment line, I reached the holding area, unexpectedly the walls and ceiling started convulsing violently. A First Lieutenant endeavored to detain a large group of people confined to a small room; however, we decided to evacuate the building. Some people jumped out the windows; however, the
An untold number of people in the Tōhoku region experienced an electricity outage for a week, resulting in houses not adequately heated for the winter month. The repair crews continuously worked at restoring power for the inhabitants of the Tōhoku region. The humanitarian relief came from multiple countries and provided temporary shelters, food, and medical supplies to Japanese nationals. The United States, United Kingdom, France, and Australian governments sent in civilian and military search and rescue outfits that looked for survivors and located the deceased. One of these outfits discovered an infant two days after the tsunami, and yet another outfit saved twelve people floating off the eastern shore. Numerous governments guarantee the protection of their nationals utilizing extraction outfits to retrieve their citizens inhabiting Japan. Throughout the whole ordeal, the Japanese people displayed patience, kindness, and respect for one another. While some villages altogether obliterated; nonetheless, others remained extensively damaged, some survivors have returned home to rebuild, yet many families and friends remain