Kids killed in tsunami graduate posthumously
The Yomiuri Shimbun
SENDAI Japan--Friends and relatives sobbed uncontrollably when the principal of a middle school read out the names of four students who died in the tsunami after the Great East Japan Earthquake during a graduation ceremony Saturday in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture.
The graduation ceremony of Yuriage Middle School was held at a temporary school building in the city about 10 kilometers from the coast.
Of 14 students of the school who died in the March 11, 2011, tsunami, two boys and two girls would have attended the ceremony as graduates Saturday. Middle school diplomas were given to the families of the four, who became victims of the tsunami when they were first-year students.
"My life totally changed after I lost my friends. I wanted to make lots of memories with them," a representative of the graduates said.
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A little closure for everyone. 