image by Christy made in Skitch
For me, the event that hit me most in 2011 was the Japan tsunami. My mom showed me a video of a boat circling around and around in the current around the tsunami, and I saw the boat actually get dragged under. I saw people on that boat in that video and that really hit me. I heard a story of a man and his dog. They were on a walk, the dog left his normal path and turned up a hill. The man, curious, followed. A moment later the tsunami hit, and the dog, on the hill, saved the man.
The reason this hit me was the reality. After watching the video, I realized what was possible. I could have been traveling in Japan at that moment. I felt lucky to be safe.
I watched the video of the ship too. Great writing and great picture.
I also saw that video. Last year at my old school, I had to see that video and others like it over and over again. The friday after the quake we spent an entire class period aka(over an hour) discussing little details about it. The videos made me depressed. I think the story you shared about the man and his dog is very inspiring. Great post.
This hit me the most about 2011 too. I was also really scared since I had just come back from Japan about 6 weeks earlier. I wrote differently in my post but it was an accident. I love the story about the dog and the man. Keep writing!
I haven’t seen that video about the boat but I think that it would’ve hit me hard too. That story about the dog and the man is very heart touching. I always thought that it was really sad about the tsunami but until now I didn’t really stop to think about and suddenly I’m feeling sorta sad and thinking deep thoughts.