Crime & Safety

VIDEO: Firefighters Search for Survivors in Japan

Video courtesy of U.S. Navy.

Ofunato, Japan. Virginia Task Force 1 search and rescue teams frrom Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, USAID and the United Kingdom search for survivors in the aftermath of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck on March 11.

This video footage was shot by U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Matthew Bradley.

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