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A helicopter-based search and rescue team from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan inspects debris, March 13, 2011, from an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck northern Japan in the Pacific Ocean. Ships and aircraft from the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group searched for survivors in the coastal waters near Sendai, Japan.

A helicopter-based search and rescue team from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan inspects debris, March 13, 2011, from an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck northern Japan in the Pacific Ocean. Ships and aircraft from the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group searched for survivors in the coastal waters near Sendai, Japan.

A helicopter-based search and rescue team from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan inspects debris, March 13, 2011, from an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck northern Japan in the Pacific Ocean. Ships and aircraft from the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group searched for survivors in the coastal waters near Sendai, Japan.

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