There are 3 TEPCO employees dead and 7 missing in the explosion.

[kristopher]

Per Tepco at news conference.

[snagglepuss]

1. Brave people. They knew the grave danger they were facing.

RIP :(

[somone]

2. Brave men. R.I.P.

[RandomThoughts]

3. May their freinds and families find peace and comfort.

And may they find happiness and good journeys as they continue there path, whatever that may be.

Bravery should be honored, especially when for helping to protect so many.

[Wilms]

4. .

[aquart]

5. May their children tell their children what they sacrificed.

[Strelnikov_]

6. True heroes. They knew this could happen at any time

but stayed on station to try to prevent a larger disaster.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Are you sure about that report?

Because the latest news reports I can find say 11 injured, one of them seriously, and no deaths:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12729138
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/world-holds-breath-hoping-rods-will-cool-20110314-1bujw.html
http://www.thenewage.co.za/12543-1020-53-New_failure_hits_Japan_nuke_plant_after_blast

[kristopher]

8. All I can say is that I saw it on NHK and posted it within a few minutes of seeing it.

I haven't seen it since that news conference right after the explosion, but I didn't think anything of it in light of the sheer volume of bad news out there.

I'm sure it was on NHK though.

[LiberalEsto]

9. Time zones

I think part of the problem with getting recent news is the huge time difference. I think they're 11 hours ahead of us, so they're sleeping while we're awake, looking for updates, and vice versa.