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A worker from a Japanese corporation who helped 20 Chinese research students escape from the tsunami went missing in the water when he went back to search for his family, the Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday. Sato Mitsuru, a commissioner with the Sato Fisheries Corporation, rushed to the aid of the Chinese students when the tsunami hit in Onagawa-cho, Miyagi Prefecture. The commissioner then led the students to a shrine located on higher ground before returning to the affected area to search for his wife and daughter. However, the building was soon engulfed by the waves, and Sato went missing. Yi Yanan, a research student from Dalian, China, who was warned by Sato, said that she and the other students saw Sato climb to a roof to avoid the tsunami, but he was quickly carried away by the water. Zhang Junyan, another Chinese research student who filmed the scene with a camera and witnessed Sato's disappearance, added Wednesday that Sato's wife and daughter had not been found. Cao Jing, a Chinese research student at another Japanese corporation, said that the executives found a hotel for five Chinese students, even when they were out of touch with their own children. The five students later were sent to the largest local shelter and were united with dozens of other Chinese. "I dare not imagine what would have happened to us if they hadn't helped," Cao said. Onagawa-cho had around 10,000 people, half of whom have not been accounted for. However, none of the about 100 Chinese research students died in the disaster, and many of them survived due to help from locals. Xinhua - Global Times |
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