Tsunami survivor recounts ordeal in northeastern Japan

Tsunami survivor recounts ordeal in northeastern Japan

Tetsuya Tadano (C), a graduate of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, recalls his experience to remember the 2011 tsunami triggered by a devastating earthquake during an event on Nov. 29, 2015, in Natori, another city in the northeastern Japanese prefecture. A total of 84 people of the school, including students, were killed in the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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