Japan's tsunami survivors suffer in silence three years after disaster

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Japan's tsunami survivors suffer in silence three years after disaster

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/japans-tsunami-survivors-suffer-silence-three-years-disaster-211355536.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Ox5nBqR_C7Rd.QUskst4GQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-03-05T211355Z_1_CBREA241MZE00_RTROPTP_2_JAPAN-TSUNAMI-SURVIVORS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of replica of a lone pine tree that survived the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Rikuzentakata" align="left" title="File photo of replica of a lone pine tree that survived the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Rikuzentakata" border="0" /></a>By Mari Saito RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan (Reuters) - Hatsuko Ishikawa never got a final look at her 36-year-old son, a firefighter, before he was swept away by the tsunami that devastated Japan's northeast coast three years ago. Ishikawa only heard his voice, bellowing from his fire engine as he sped towards the sea to try to evacuate people before the wave struck. As the truck raced past, Ishikawa heard her son call out to her grandson, telling the boy to evacuate to higher ground. &quot;I blame myself over and over again, asking myself why I didn't stop him,&quot; said Ishikawa, 65, as she sat in the spartan shelter where she has lived since that day.</p><br clear="all"/>

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