Tokyo youth heads for U.S. to await new liver

NARITA, Japan - Sachie Ishihara, 19, a resident of Tokyo's Nerima Ward, speaks to the media at Narita airport Sept. 11 prior to departure for the United States, where she hopes to undergo a second liver transplant.

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