Shinkawa

After being swept away atop his roof, Hiromitsu Shinkawa, 60, was spotted by a rescue ship, thanks to the red flag he made.

Toan Lam: How You Can Use Social Media to Mobilize Help for Japan Toan Lam 2011

I thought that day was going to be the last day of my life, Shinkawa said.

Toan Lam: How You Can Use Social Media to Mobilize Help for Japan Toan Lam 2011

Every victim has a story -- people desperately waiting to hear from their loved ones, the people stuck beneath the rubble, those like Shinkawa, who were swept away by the tsunami, and, of course, the thousands of others who weren't so lucky to escape death.

Toan Lam: How You Can Use Social Media to Mobilize Help for Japan Toan Lam 2011

Every victim has a story -- people desperately waiting to hear from their loved ones, the people stuck beneath the rubble, those like Shinkawa, who were swept away by the tsunami, and, of course, the thousands of others who weren't so lucky to escape death.

Toan Lam: How You Can Use Social Media to Mobilize Help for Japan Toan Lam 2011

Shinkawa saw the tsunami coming and ran home to gather his belongings.

Toan Lam: How You Can Use Social Media to Mobilize Help for Japan Toan Lam 2011

After being swept away atop his roof, Hiromitsu Shinkawa, 60, was spotted by a rescue ship, thanks to the red flag he made.

Toan Lam: How You Can Use Social Media to Mobilize Help for Japan Toan Lam 2011

Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Japanese sailors rescue Hiromitsu Shinkawa Sunday, two days after the 60-year-old was washed to sea on the roof of his Minamisoma home by a tsunami caused by a powerful earthquake.

Death Toll Surges as Rescuers Scramble Chester Dawson 2011

The other thing about the fallen, megatron, starscream - all of em seem to be way to much mechanics in its body design. a lot of the sequences shot from an overview perspective makes it looks like a pile of junk! really if one compares with mecha design by Yoji Shinkawa, japanese design are way more better with intricate simple detail but huge appearance and easier to relate.

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Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Japanese sailors rescue Hiromitsu Shinkawa Sunday, two days after the 60-year-old was washed to sea on the roof of his Minamisoma home by a tsunami caused by a powerful earthquake.

Death Toll Surges as Rescuers Scramble Chester Dawson 2011

I thought that day was going to be the last day of my life, Shinkawa said.

Toan Lam: How You Can Use Social Media to Mobilize Help for Japan Toan Lam 2011