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?A VIRTUAL LIVE-ACTION HERO:? Japan tsunami scuba rescue. ?Akaiwa said he was at work a few miles ?

By Glenn Reynolds

“A VIRTUAL LIVE-ACTION HERO:” Japan tsunami scuba rescue. “Akaiwa said he was at work a few miles away when the tsunami hit, and he rushed back to find his neighborhood inundated with up to 10 feet of water. Not willing to wait until the government or any international organization did, or did not, arrive to rescue his wife of two decades ? whom he had met while they were surfing in a local bay ? Akaiwa got hold of some scuba gear. He then hit the water, wended his way through the debris and underwater hazards and managed to reach his house, from which he dragged his wife to safety.” But that was just the beginning.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on March 24, 2011 (boomark / email).