It has been 10 years and 11 months since the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred in 11 days.
At that time, a woman in Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture, who lost her first-year junior high school son in the tsunami, visited a memorial monument engraved with the names of the deceased children and said, "I have no change in my feelings for her son." I am.
Yuko Tanno (53), who lives in the Yuriage district of Natori City, lost her eldest son, Kota, who was in the first year of junior high school at the time, in the tsunami.
She visits the memorial monument with the names of her victims on a daily basis, and on the 11th, 10 years and 11 months after the earthquake, she I used to wipe off the dirt with a cloth and gently stroke it with my hands.
She said that she wanted to send a letter to her son in her heaven, so she sent a message to the environmentally friendly balloons with other bereaved families and locals every March 11th. I am continuing the activity of writing and skipping.
Mr. Tanno and his colleagues are recruiting participants from all over the country for next month, which is 11 years after the earthquake, and on the 11th, they are preparing to mail balloons to those who cannot go directly to the site. rice field.
Mr. Tanno said, "Every year, I'm getting more and more what I want to write, and I'm wondering what to write. My feelings for my son haven't changed. I can't change, I can't change. The importance of life. I would like to have a day thinking about the importance of preparing for a disaster. "