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night and not freeze. friends are helping them with the physical work and the psychological support. 17-year-old ren, his mother chikako and his father hidimitsu are in a state of shock. >> translator: i have no words to express my feelings. i lost my mind. we will have to start from zero. >> reporter: the nearby pacific provides one of the great charms of living in the neighborhood. but now many of the homes are decimated. the ocean, they say, has turned against them. the city of hachinohe has spent an enormous amount of money to build this elaborate series of sea walls, 30 feet tall, to protect its neighborhoods from flooding. but not surprisingly, when the tsunami came, these walls made very little difference. the ichikawas have no idea how to even start figuring out whether they can live in this house again. >> translator: this is a nightmare, but we are alive.

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