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Structures Flattened to the Ground



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Blog: The Last Day on Site
Date: June 2nd 2011

Today is our last day traveling through disaster zones. We took a train, then a taxi into Sendai, Japan from our hotel. The taxi driver drove us into a business complex, located near the ocean in Sendai. Buildings were demolished to the ground, only a handful of structures survived. Driving through the streets we saw bicycles mangled together, a trumpet laying on top of debris, jeans disp ... read more


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Date: 17th October 2011

how did it got flattened
is it because the waves flattened it?

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