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I hadnt experienced very many earthquakes before and i was fascinated by it. the feeling quickly changed to terror as the earthquake became violent. monitors were falling off the desk and roof ties and coworkers were diving under desks and this was not your typical small japanese earthquake we experienced previously. >> did you think at that point you were going to die? how bad was it? >> definitely. as soon as the quake started to get to the point where it was extremely violent, we knew we need...

Chris hope was one of them. >> as soon as the quake started to get to the point where it was extremely violent, we knew we needed to get out of the building and we were afraid of possibly the building collapsing on top of us. we made a break for the hall way. we noticed that these large steel fire doors came closed and locked us in the hall way. we tried to budge the fire door closest to us and it wouldnt move. we made our way to the end of the hall and the whole time, everything was shaking so ...

Translator: the volume of water was so high, the car wouldnt move. my daughter and i tried our hardest to push her up to this hill. she was so heavy, i let go of her hand. i think this is the area where it happened. i am thinking that i might have closure if i keep sitting here. >> the human stories coming out of japan are simply heartbreaking. for most of us, surviving a tsunami is unimaginable, my next guest, though, has done exactly that. petra nemcova went through the 2004 tsunami in timberl...

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3,400 confirmed killed. 6,700 missing. can you do the math quickly. were looking at least 10,000 people killed or missing. 450,000 in shelters, and one story touched me particularly today. an elderly man, couldnt hold on to his wifes hand in the raging waters. he describes his ordeal. listen. >> translator: my wife is physically handicapped. we wanted to run away to the back. the volume of water was so high. the car wouldnt move. my daughter and i tried our hardest to push her up to this hi hill...

Containment, both the reactor vessels and the secondary containment from the japanese authorities. >> so if all the workers are asked to leave, what does that tell you? >> well, it tells me that they have given up, and they are hoping for the best and that we -- we have a very significant chance of a serious radiologic catastrophe. >> it is a serious, serious situation there in japan. robert alvarez, thank you for loaning us a little bit of your expertise. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> and...

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