April 5, 2011. A dog which was rescued at sea off the coast of Kesennuma, Japan, on Friday after being found drifting on a roof is believed to have survived for three weeks after being washed away by the killer tsunami triggered by the March 11 earthquake.
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In this video from Russia Today, Japan Coast guard members aboard a helicopter found the dog drifting along on top of debris about 1.8km off Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture. It took several hours to catch the understandably stressed out pooch and bring him to the safety of a coastguard vessel. The dog’s collar gave no clue about the owner such as address and contact numbers.