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“It was like being thrown into a torrential river,” reporter Miwa Suzuki, working in AFP’s Tokyo bureau, said of the moments after a devastating 9.0 earthquake hit Japan on March 11, 2011. “In order to keep my head above water I needed to swim, and I knew that I swam best in the rapids of breaking news. I was terrified inside, but no other option occurred to me other than staying in the office and bashing out snaps and urgents.
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Tsunami: Of ghosts and memories | AFP.com
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“It was like being thrown into a torrential river,” reporter Miwa Suzuki, working in AFP’s Tokyo bureau, said of the moments after a devastating 9.0 earthquake hit Japan on March 11, 2011. “In order to keep my head above water I needed to swim, and I knew that I swam best in the rapids of breaking news. I was terrified inside, but no other option occurred to me other than staying in the office and bashing out snaps and urgents.
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