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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Our Treasures

While looking through the news online today, I found an album depicting Japan quake survivors holding items that had survived the disaster which they considered treasures.  The images were poignant as people displayed items that they had found in the rubble even after losing everything else they owned.  When I saw this picture, I started to cry.  Although his facial expressions are subtle, this man looks like he's the richest (and happiest) man in the world.  No doubt his children certainly feel that way.  
A 42-year-old father holds his three children at an evacuation shelter in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 8, 2011. Their new home was washed away by the tsunami, but the man said he was relieved his family survived the disaster. (Mainichi)

You can click here for the full album.  (courtesy of Mainichi Daily News)

1 comment:

  1. This isn't dear anyone.
    And also, that picture and story is cute.

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