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I sheded tears every time I watched this TEDx Talk:
Yasuo Sato – What makes us brave in disasters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DImGwfOrvd8

About This Talk:
Firefighter Yasuo Sato unveils his tough situations in leadership and heart-felt support for coping with meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant in the Tohoku region, Japan.
His clearly-described story of what really happened at the nuclear plant after tsunamis received never-ending standing ovation from TEDxSeeds participants with tears.

About the speaker:
In the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11th, 2011, Yasuo Sato led all the 1,800 rescue units and 18,000 rescue members of the Tokyo Fire Department to cope with disasters in Tokyo and its neighboring area. Sato also led 30 hyper rescue units with 138 rescue members to fight fire and pump for Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant to prevent the escalation of meltdown, which is still fresh in our minds. After having been ordered the dispatch to the affiliated area in the Tohoku region by the governor of Tokyo, Sato mailed to his wife “I am leaving for Fukushima Nuclear Plant.” And he headed with his wife’s prayer response “Save Japan for us.” At the end of March, he retired of age. Sato goes all over the Japan to secure lives of youth and collect the wisdom of Japan and all over the world to prevent disasters even though their incidence rates are once in 1,000 years.