Memorial service held in Tokyo for 2 train heroes

Memorial service held in Tokyo for 2 train heroes

TOKYO, Japan - A joint memorial service is held in Tokyo on Jan. 26 for Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean student (L) and, Shiro Sekine, a 47-year-old Japanese photographer (R) who were killed by an oncoming train a year ago when they attempted to rescue a man who had fallen off the platform of a Tokyo train station. About 400 citizens and Japanese government officials, including Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, attended the ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the accident, which occurred on the tracks at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.

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