After tsunami, elderly couple rebuilds a 'small life'

[AsahinaKimi]

In an isolated corner of Kesennuma city, Teruo and Katsuko Kano are slowly reassembling the pieces of the “small life” they shared before the tsunami came roaring up the nearby river and nearly added them to its fearsome death toll.

The 69-year-old Katsuko and her 76-year-old husband have another aim in rebuilding the two-story home in their wrecked and deserted community: saving the last home built by her brother, a carpenter.

"This is the last work of his, so I have to hang onto this house," she said, noting that his home and another one he had built washed away in the tsunami. "For the sake of my brother, I must rebuild."

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http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/07/6803346-after-tsunami-elderly-couple-rebuilds-a-small-life

[DeSwiss]

1. K&R n/t

[Suich]

2. What a heartwarming story!

Thanks for posting, AsahinaKimi!

:)

[AsahinaKimi]

3. You are welcome

Dou itashimashite!

[malaise]

4. Human beings can be strong and resilient

Lovely story - tinged with unbelievable sadness.
I wish them all that is good