4 orphans of 9/11 attacks, Hanshin quake visit Yankees' Matsui

NEW YORK, United States - Four Japanese and U.S. youths (L) who lost one or both of their parents in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake visited New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui (R) at Yankee Stadium on Sept. 5. They handed him paper cranes made by children who had lost either one or both of their parents in wars and other major disasters throughout the world.

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