In the coastal town of Minamisanriku, half of the population is still missing three days later—9,500 people. Choushin Takahaski [?] at a local government office when a tsunami warning [?] off and 13-foot waves hit. "Most people [?] away," she [?]. "Some had to leave the elderly or disabled behind on the second floor. I think a lot of those left behind probably [?]." Three days later, 42 people were [?] out of the rubble alive. But another of the town's residents is still haunted: "I the bottom of the sea when the tidal wave withdrew and houses and people [?]… I couldn't watch anymore."