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This Seiron column joins a series of articles marking the 10
th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. What happened on the fateful March 11, 2011? What has happened since then? What does the future hold? Here we share the thoughts of people from many walks of life about this unforgettable tragedy.
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It has been 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami took many lives and robbed the survivors of their hopes and dreams. Although some people say “it seems like just yesterday,” others say “it feels like it took place oh so long ago.”
But, even now, especially in the three prefectures of Tohoku facing the Pacific Ocean, you still have many opportunities to hear vivid comments like the following:
Horror as skydiver Dimitri Didenko killed during competition flight
16 Mar, 2021 12:44 AM
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Dimitri Didenko was in Western Australia for the Virtual Nationals Skydiving Championships in the wingsuit category. Photo / Supplied
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A renowned skydiver who died in an accident at a popular West Australian tourist spot on Sunday has been remembered by heartbroken friends as an absolute legend .
Dimitri Didenko was competing in the Virtual Nationals Skydiving Championships with friends in the coastal town of Jurien Bay, north of Perth, just after 1pm on Sunday when the tragedy happened.
Police believe the 30-year-old s parachute failed to deploy correctly, sending him plunging to the ground as around 20 close friends watched in horror.
Erie County remembers lives lost one year into COVID-19 pandemic
The bells rang 17 times for the more than 1,700 who died from COVID-19 in Erie County over the past year.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â One year, that s how long COVID-19 has tormented Erie County.
Monday, in downtown Buffalo, bells rang; not in celebration of an end in sight, but a reminder of where we ve been and who ve we lost.
Each time a bell ringing represents 100 lives. The bells of the Old Erie County Court Building rang 17 times. Remembering the 1700 hundred, in Erie County alone, who died from the virus.
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After what looked like it has been forgotten, the federal government, at last, remembered the Eastern corridor of the Nigeria Railway in its rail rehabilitation project. President Muhammadu Buhari was reported to have performed the groundbreaking ceremony for commencement of work on the Eastern Corridor, last Tuesday.
But unlike other railway projects in different parts of the country that are on Standard Gauge, such as the Lagos-Kano line, Abuja-Kaduna line, Lagos-Ibadan line, Warri-Itakpe line, etc., the Eastern Railway Corridor will be on a narrow gauge rail track.
The Eastern Corridor stretches from Bonny Ports to Port Harcourt, with a spur to Owerri, to link the Aba- Enugu rail line, other spurs to Abakaliki and Awka, before linking up to Makurdi, Lafia, Kaduna, Bauchi, Gombe, and finally to Maidugiri, the Borno State capital.
Hamilton mother and son confront final stages of cancer a year on from 20,000km Peru mercy dash
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Ryan Grieve laughs then cries remembering the time he forgot how the sun felt on his skin.
He d spent a month indoors, dealing with pain that made soft sensory comforts irrelevant. I was on bedrest for a month just from ascites [fluid build-up] and pain and whatnot where it kind of felt like being skinned alive for quite a long time, Grieve says. After a month I went outside and I d forgotten what the sun felt like, and just thinking about that, yeah… does get me teary. It didn t actually hit me til I went inside. Then I was like oh man .