"I don't think I'm dead yet" Gunma Disaster Helicopter crash 1 year Memorial ceremony August 11th 19:09

A commemorative ceremony was held on the 11th for the firefighters who died on the 11th, after the disaster where a disaster helicopter in Gunma Prefecture crashed and nine people died.

Last August, a disaster-prevention helicopter in the prefecture that had been flying to visit the mountain trail in Nakanojo Town, Gunma Prefecture crashed, and nine people, including firefighters and pilots, died.

One year was 10 days after the accident, and a memorial ceremony for the seven firefighters who died was held on the 11th, with the bereaved family and firefighters attending in Nakanojo. The altar is decorated with the remains of seven people, and after giving all the silence, Governor Yamamoto of Gunma Prefecture stated, I swear I will work on it. "

The bereaved family turned flowers to the flower stand on the altar. Yasuhisa, father of Masaya Hachisuka, a firefighter who died (68), said, “I don't think I'm dead yet, and I feel like I'm going home.”

“That was an early year,” said the deadly firefighter member Tamura Ken's father, Mr. Toshiji, (78). I want you to put it out early. "