Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, where many children were killed in the Great East Japan Earthquake, was the first time that the school building became the remains of the earthquake on March 11, and many bereaved families visited and prayed. ..
At Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki City, a total of 84 children and faculty members were killed in the tsunami 11 years ago, and the school building and its surroundings were constructed as earthquake disaster remains in July last year in an attempt to pass on memories and lessons to posterity.
On the 11th, a large number of people, including the bereaved families of children, visited and prayed at 2:46 pm, about 50 minutes after the tsunami struck the school, at 3:37 pm. I offered it.
Hideaki Tadano, who lost his eldest daughter, Mitsuru, who was in the third grade at the time, said, "It doesn't mean that more than 10 years have passed, and the desire to know the truth about the loss of my daughter's life has changed. I don't want to have people with similar experiences, so I think we have to convey the horror of earthquakes and tsunamis and the importance of disaster prevention. "
Takahiro Shimomo, who lost his second daughter, Chisato, who was 11 years old in the 5th grade at the time, said, "The 11 years I spent with my daughter were short, and I felt that these 11 years were very long. I would like to talk with the government to make it a place to think about. "
In addition, Toshiro Sato, a former junior high school teacher who lost his second daughter Mizuho, who was in the sixth grade at the time, continued his storyteller activities. Many lives were lost in this place, but I would like visitors to know the daily life that was here before the earthquake and think about how to prepare for disaster prevention. "