It has been 60 years since the accident in which a U.S. military fighter crashed into the current residential area of Uruma City, Okinawa Prefecture, killing and injuring eight residents.
At a local elementary school, a rally was held to hand down the accident.
60 years ago, on December 7, 1958, a fighter plane that took off from Kadena Air Base in the U.S. Army crashed into the current residential area of Kawasaki, Uruma City, killing two residents and injuring six people, including elementary school students. I did.
On the 7th, 60 years after the accident, a rally was held at the local Kawasaki Elementary School to pass on the memories of the accident, and the 5th and 6th grade children who participated and the residents who witnessed the accident silently prayed.
After that, in addition to the situation of the accident that the sixth grader heard from the residents who knew the time, he told the fifth grader that the accident itself was not handed down so much among the residents due to consideration for the bereaved family.
And finally, all the sixth graders said, "Our mission is to tell the story of this accident."
After the rally, a 6th grade boy said, "I thought that such a terrible accident should never happen again. I want to pass on what I have learned to my juniors so that it will not be weathered."
In addition, Setsuko Miyagi (75), who witnessed the accident, said, "I am grateful that the children thought about themselves and held the rally while I was thinking about how to convey it after 60 years." rice field.