Hideaki Akaiwa, or, we should all strive to do better

[Circe]

I am faintly hogswaggled to read about this guy's exploits. Talk about your heroes, and let him be an example to all of us ....

http://badassoftheweek.com/akaiwa.html

 

[Selkie]

I think I read about him in the LA Times, but I LOVE this account. Amazing guy.

 

[iheartscience]

WOW.

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Wow. Goes to show - there are some amazing people out there in the world.

 

[rhbgirl24]

That is AWESOME!

 

[NewEnglandLady]

I feel better about the world knowing badasses like him are in it.

 

[partgypsy]

You know if you put that in a movie, people would complain how unrealistic that is (where did he find the scuba gear? How could he see underwater? How did he find his house with all the destruction, etc).

Badass, in a GOOD way.

 

[Selkie]

Here's the original article I read, from the LA Times: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/17/world/la-fg-japan-quake-scuba-20110317.