2nd body in Ehime Maru identified as 17-year-old student

2nd body in Ehime Maru identified as 17-year-old student

UWAJIMA, Japan - Akiko Nomoto speaks to reporters in front her house in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on Oct. 19 after learning that the second body recovered by the U.S. Navy from the sunken Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru had been identified as her 17-year-old son Katsuya. Nine Japanese, including four students from Uwajima Fisheries High School, went missing after their ship was hit and sunk off Hawaii by the U.S. submarine Greeneville on Feb. 9.

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