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PHOTOS: Fairfax Rescue Team Amongst the Earthquake's Devastation
Team spends Tuesday combing through the city of Ofunato.
Fairfax County's urban search and rescue team joined with a team from L.A. and the U.K. to search for earthquake and tsunami survivors in Ofunato, Japan on Tuesday.
The team spent the day picking through the wreckage of the city, searching for survivors. They found none. About 200 people are still missing from the city, according to Stars and Stripes.
“Time is the enemy,” Joe Knerr, task force leader for the Fairfax County Search and Rescue team, told Stars and Stripes. “On the fifth day, survivability [of missing victims] drops significantly. On the seventh day, it becomes remote.”
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