A memorial ceremony for the bereaved families who attended the disaster-related helicopter crash accident that killed 9 people two years ago Gunma August 9, 17:36

A memorial service was held before two years had passed in 10 days from the accident that killed nine people in Gunma Prefecture, which killed nine people.

On August 10, the disaster prevention helicopter in the prefecture that was flying for a tour of the mountain trail crashed in the mountains of Nakanojo Town, Gunma Prefecture, killing 9 people including firefighters and pilots.

Two years after the accident, the memorial ceremony held in Kusatsu, near the site, was reduced in size due to the effect of the new coronavirus, and about 70 people including bereaved families and firefighters attended.

The altar was decorated with the remains of nine people, and after all quietly saying, Governor Yamamoto of Gunma Prefecture said, ``We will do our best to improve the disaster prevention aviation system to prevent such an accident again, We will work hard for this."

Then, the attendants were handing flowers to the flower stand.

“I still don't feel like my son died. I feel like I'm coming home even in front of the altar,” said Yasuo, 68, the father of Masaya Hachisuka, a firefighter who died. It was.

In addition, Tomiji Ken Tamura, the father of the dead firefighter, Ken Tamura, said, “I would like to have a memorial monument for my son near the scene by next year's death day and a mountain trail so that I can go to mourning. I was talking."