This Is Not a Drill

Posted by Mike Cash (Kiryu, Japan) on 17 August 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

A member of the Tokyo Fire Department prepares to rappel down to the storm-swollen waters of the Kanda River in response to an accident in which five sewer workers upstream failed to get out of the sewer they were working on in time to avoid being swept away by a sudden deluge of water. The last I heard one was confirmed dead and the other four had not been accounted for.

About five minutes later I came across the Water Rescue Team from the Tokyo Municipal Police Department just as they arrived to deploy on the bridge on Showa-dori, just a bit downstream of this location.

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