Japan Earthquake Whirlpool Footage- Video

Helicopter Captures Dramatic Whirlpool Footage

Just after the Sendai Earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, tsunami waves crashed ashore and caused widespread damage and hundreds of deaths. A helicopter crew shot some dramatic footage of a large boat caught in a massive whirlpool that formed in a harbor on Honshu's east coast.

It is not clear how many people were aboard the boat.

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Giant whirlpool in Japan's tsunami after earthquake magnitude 8_9

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