Aired on 2012/07/28 18:43 (Japan)
ＦＮＮ－ニューズの日本語概要は http://www.fnn-news.com/news/headlines/articles/CONN00228398.html
Synopsis Translation:
One year and four months after the Great North-Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, Earthquake an American teacher originally from New York, and her students visited New York and put on an event to say thank you for all the help and support they received after the disaster.
Ground Zero is the location where In the year 2001, 3,000 people lost their lives after an act of Terror.
Teacher Ayelet Fogel, (32), and her students from Sendai Ikuei Gakuen in Sendai Miyagi are survivors of the 2011 Great North-Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. They arrive at the 911 memorial at Ground Zero together.
The Survivor Tree, a tree that though is now healthy, was found below the wreckage of the world trade tower after the terror incident, is one thing teacher Ayelet Fogel wants to show to her students.
Ms. Fogel tells her students that they have a connection to the Survivor tree, because they also survived the Great North-Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.
The main event for the students' trip to New York: '3.11 SURVIVORS, 26 Student Voices of Tohoku Japan'
Ms. Fogel played a central role in organizing this event. The event is to thank the people of New York face to face for all the help and support they sent to Japan after the disaster.
At their event, the students told about their experiences after the disaster to a full house.
Sendai Ikuei Gakuen Shukoh Middle School's student Sahoko Baba, (10th grade) said in her speech that the night of the disaster she could not go home so stayed overnight at the school. She said it was very cold so she could not sleep.
Sendai Ikuei Gakuen Shukoh Middle School's student Gosei Arima (10th grade) said he felt great love from the world through receiving so many supplies and messages of hope after the disaster.
At the closing of the event, the audience sang along with all the students and performers. They sang the first song to be broadcasted on Radio after the disaster. 'Bridge over Troubled Waters'
They all vowed to continue the revival and fight on hand in hand.
An audience member said that until seeing the event, she had not realized how deep the suffering of the people of Japan was from the disaster. She said she was very moved by the students' performance.
Ms. Fogel said that though it will take a while to fully recover, she will not stop trying to help until they have completed full revival.
On this visit to New York Ms. Fogel and her students again felt they received a lot of help and support from many people
They got new power and motivation to continue and move on.
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