Built by Fire: The Rescue I Didn’t Expect - Japan Tsunami

In March of 2011, after the devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan’s eastern coast, David Burnell felt a quiet but powerful pull to go. He didn’t go on an official mission. He went alone. With a backpack, rescue gear, and the experience of a lifetime spent in military service, rescue operations, and crisis response, David traveled into one of the largest disaster zones of the modern era. Eventually, embedding with the legendary Mexican rescue team Los Topos, he moved north into the devastated coastal regions of Sendai, Ishinomaki, and Onagawa—places...