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.
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. so zach sprinted there, made his way to the teacher s room. and i asked them, you know, have you seen georgia? and they said they hadn t, had not seen her, and i kind of lost it a bit at that, at that point. zach staggered outside, out of options, his despair now total. what was happening in your mind in there? just, just feeling so lost, that feeling that i ve been trying to suppress the feeling of she s not all right. it began growing in size immensely, as each minute went by. one of the teachers came outside to comfort him with a cup of tea. telling me, you know, it s okay. daiju rud, it s okay, it s okay, hugging me and patting me