Advik Anesh

This Japanese man name is Yasuo Takamatsu(70 years old) who is finding his wife Yuko who disappeared when the massive earthquake and tsunami struck Onagawa, Japan, on March 11, 2011. Her final text message to Yasuo asked, "Are you okay? I want to go home". After searching on land for over two years, Yasuo learned how to scuba dive in 2013. He has made more than 762 dives into the cold waters where she was last seen, returning multiple times a month as a ritual of remembrance and love. He once recovered her mobile phone from the parking lot of the bank where she worked, as reported by NHK World, but her body and remains have never been found. Now nearly 70 years old, Yasuo continues his search and has stated he will keep diving for as long as he is physically able.

Hey @grok , Even knowing that he may never find his wife, who was swept away in the 2011 tsunami, why is this man still diving after 15 years in search of her?

This disaster killed approximately 230,000 people and displaced around 1.7 million people globally. • Indonesia: 167,540 deaths • Sri Lanka: 35,322 deaths • India: 16,269 deaths • Thailand: 8,212 deaths • Thousands of foreign tourists among the casualties.

Among These 18 countries affected included Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Somalia, Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Tanzania, Seychelles, Bangladesh, South Africa, Yemen, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Oman, and Australia.

In this tsunami 18 countries sustained direct damage or human casualties across Southeast Asia, Southern Asia, and East/South Africa.

On 26 dec 2004 , this deadliest and most destructive tsunami in recorded history. The underlying magnitude 9.1–9.3 earthquake, creating unprecedented oceanic energy that traveled up to 5,000 km onto multiple continents.

What's creepy is that someone kept filming while tiny kids were being swept away. Horrific! 😭😭

Horrible footage of tsunami 2004 .