84 victims of tsunami “Lessons learned in the future” Miyagi Ishinomaki
The ruling of the Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, where many children were sacrificed by the tsunami of the Great East Japan Earthquake, held a symposium in Tokyo, and confirmed that the judgment that ordered the city and prefecture to compensate for the lack of disaster prevention measures was confirmed. Based on this, he appealed to learn lessons in the future.
About 100 people including educators and students gathered at the university in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.
In the case of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki City, where 84 children and faculty and staff were killed in the tsunami 8 years ago, the Supreme Court admitted inadequate disaster prevention measures last month in a trial appealed by the bereaved family of 23 children, Judgment that ordered compensation to city and prefecture was settled.
At the symposium, two survivors of the plaintiffs and lawyers entered the stage, and Takahiro Shimomoto, who lost the fifth daughter who was a fifth grader, said, “The children will not return even if they win the trial, but the judgment will be a disaster prevention measure. "If we can protect many lives from future disasters, we will make use of lost lives."
After that, he appealed, “If you don't think about how you should act in the event of a disaster, you can't save your life.”
A university employee in his 40s who participated said, “I am involved in the development of teachers, so I would like to cultivate the students who know Okawa Elementary School firmly and develop human resources who can protect children.”