later he found out those children were safe, evacuated before the tsunami hit. but now zach went to another school, found a group of teachers huddled in their office. unable to speak japanese, he passed around georgia s business card with her photo. i went in and kept asking, georgia sensai, where is she? have you seen her? they had not. but they did give zach some hope. they said chub bako, junior high, junior high. i take that, oh, she s at the junior high. so zach sprinted there, made his way to the teachers room. i asked them, you know, have you seen georgia? they said they had not seen her, and i kind of lost it at that point. zach staggered outside, out of options, his despair now
walls of debris of these houses toppled over boats, you know, just anything you could imagine, you know? i mean, metal electric poles just bent as if someone had just come through and doop! but he knew georgia s place was on a hill. if she d gone there before the tsunami hit, she d be all right. but when he got there no sign that she was there. everything was still left exactly the way we had left it from the previous morning when we both went to work. as he went back outside, zach could see down into the center of town. that s where georgia s office was, where she was, when the earthquake hit. and what he saw chilled him to the bone. what i could see of the central part of the village that was so destroyed, in my mind, i just could not see how nobody survived in that city building? well, yeah. shaking that from his mind, zach thought georgia might have gone out to help one of the three schools where she taught, but when he got to the
kindergarten, his heart sank. the kindergarten was completely gone. wiped away? yes. they were, all that was left was a bit of the fence and some of the foundation. so a kindergarten that would have been occupied? i had hoped not. later, he found out those children were safe. evacuated before the tsunami hit. but now, zach went to another school, found a group of teachers, huddled in their office. unable to speak japanese, he passed around georgia s business cards with her photo. and i went in, and i just kept asking, georgia sensei, where is she? have you seen her? they had not. but they did give zach some hope. they said, chudako, go, junior high, junior high. i take that as oh, she s at the junior high.
line, followed the group up a path away from the main road. he knew where he d go first, if he could. so your first destination was her apartment. yes. hoping that i d find her sitting down on her floor reading a book. the path led up a hill past this shrine, descended back down to a horrific scene. noda was almost unrecognizable. there were these massive walls of debris of these houses toppled over boats, you know, just anything you could imagine, you know? i mean, metal electric poles just bent as if someone had just come through and doop! but he knew georgia s place was on a hill. if she d gone there before the tsunami hit, she d be all right. but when he got there no sign that she was there. everything was still left exactly the way we had left it from the previous morning when we both went to work. as he went back outside, zach could see down into the center of town. that s where georgia s office was, where she was, when the earthquake hit. and what he saw chilled hi
central part of the village that was so destroyed, in my mind, i just could not see how nobody survived in that city building? well, yeah. shaking that from his mind, zach thought georgia might have gone out to help one of the three schools where she taught, but when he got to the kindergarten, his heart sank. the kindergarten was completely gone. wiped away? yes. they were, all that was left was a bit of the fence and some of the foundation. so a kindergarten that would have been occupied? i had hoped not. later, he found out those children were safe. evacuated before the tsunami hit. but now, zach went to another school, found a group of teachers, huddled in their office. unable to speak japanese, he passed around georgia s business