Reuters posted a story this morning about a kindergarten graduation that transpired yesterday in the fishing port of Kesennuma on map. These fifty six year old kids had been waiting for the bus to take them home from the hillside kindergarten, when the tsunami washed the town away. The kid who had been collected by private car was never seen again, although his mother is still searching for him. Four of the children have never seen their parents again.
"A friend who played with you and ate snacks with you and practiced spelling with you and who sang on the stage with you in the school recital is not here today," principal Junichi Onodera said at the graduation. "You must forever remember that friend."
Reference:
Japan kindergarten remembers child who is "not here today"
By Paul Eckert
KESENNUMA, Japan |
Other stories from Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan:
- Family members reunited after 4 days struggling to survive, by Hidetoshi Sotooka | 2011/03/25
- Ships brought inland by tsunami damage Kesennuma City, by Eiji Osato, | Thursday, March 24, 2011
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