When Japanese reporter Toya Chiba was asked by his paper to investigate the damage caused by the earthquake to the port city of Kamaishi he knew it wasn't going to be just another day at the office.
But the intrepid hack could never have guessed just how close to the action he was going to get.
This incredible sequence of pictures, taken by a nearby building's CCTV camera, shows Toya's unbelievable escape after he suddenly found himself at the mercy of the raging waters.
Reporter Toya Chiba Survived the Japanese Tsunami
