284 firefighters died in 2011 japan quake

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Tōhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami

Official figures released in 2021 reported 19,759 deaths,[44] 6,242
injured,[45] 284 firefighters dead from attempts to close preventative
fire gates,[46] and 2,553 people missing[47].

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did not remember that they lost nearly as many as FDNY on 9/11