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Disappeared. all we could find was a shattered footprint at the end of a washed out road. >> it just doesn't stop. >> some 17,000 people used to live and fish here. now close to half of them it is feared are under the mud. the racing wall of water some 30 feet high was only about a half hour away when the warning went out. at the city's main hospital, that wasn't enough time. the water took everybody, this nurse told us, all the patients. she only survived by getting as many patients as high as she could as fast as she could. >> it is good she was on the upper floors. this is the third floor o...

>> it just doesn't stop. >> some 17,000 people used to live and fish here. now close to half of them it is feared are under the mud. the racing wall of water some 30 feet high was only about a half hour away when the warning went out. at the city's main hospital, that wasn't enough time. the water took everybody, this nurse told us, all the patients. she only survived by getting as many patients as high as she could as fast as she could. >> it is good she was on the upper floors. this is the third floor of the hospital, looks like what's left of one of the patient wards. nobody in here would h...

>> it just doesn't stop. >> some 17,000 people used to live and fish here. now close to half of them it is feared are under the mud. the racing wall of water some 30 feet high was only a half hour away when the warning went out. at the city's main hospital, that wasn't enough time. the water took everybody. she only survived getting as many patients as high as she could as fast as she could. >> that was lee "countdowcould e cowan. he joins us from japan. good to have you on the phone with us. >> thanks, rachel. good to hear from you. >> you were one of the few reporters to make it north to the...

Now close to half of them it is feared are under the mud. the racing wall of water some 30 feet high was only a half hour away when the warning went out. at the city's main hospital, that wasn't enough time. the water took everybody. she only survived getting as many patients as high as she could as fast as she could. >> that was lee cowan. reporting on nightly news. he joins us from japan. good to have you on the phone with us. >> thanks, rachel. good to hear from you. >> you were one of the few reporters to make it north to the part of the country most devastated by the earthquake and tsunam...

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