At Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, where many children were killed in the Great East Japan Earthquake, bereaved families gathered and offered prayers.
Twelve years ago, Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki City lost 84 people, including students and teachers, to the disaster.
On the 11th, many people, including the bereaved families of the children, visited the temple to offer prayers at 2:46 p.m., when the earthquake struck, and at 3:37 p.m., about 50 minutes after the tsunami hit the school. I was offering.
Mr. Hideaki Tadano, who lost his eldest daughter, Miwa, who was in the third grade at the time, said, "There are still things that we have to do because the truth of that day has not been clarified. I want to."
Toshiro Sato, who lost his second daughter, Mizuho, who was in the sixth grade at the time, said, "For the first time in three years, I was able to meet with bereaved families and neighbors I knew, but there were no children here. That day. It is something only we who are alive can do to connect this to the future. I want to convey it firmly."
Noriyuki Suzuki, who lost his second daughter, Mai, who was in the sixth grade at the time, said, "12 years may fly by, but I felt it was a long time. Originally, a memorial service was held at school. I want to keep telling people that we have to prevent children from dying when a disaster strikes."