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Age and i kind of brought up the word hibakusha, and everybody sort of laughed nervously and i could tell he was sort of uncomfortable and then a few minutes later he came back and said i've already driving in my car you can tell the license plate where you come from that says fukushima. people are, like, get away from me. you have fukushima plates. he was very much concerned about his daughter who was just going to be entering kindergarten, that she was, you know, already being taunted by the fellow kids as being irradiated, modern hibakusha, very quickly, you know, within two weeks. >> so sa...

Daughter who would be entering kindergarten that she was already being taunted by the fellow kids as being radiated. >> so sad considering what they have been through. you met people coming back to pick up belongings. >> i saw a sign taped to a wall that said in japanese be strong, fukushima. never relent. and so i went into the home and i saw kids and they were packing up. the mother sort of pulled me aside and said we told the kids we're coming back to get personal effects. they think in a few months maybe six months from now we'll be coming back. don't tell the kids. we're never coming back...

>> it's hard to say. i do know construction work, but i haven't seen it yet. as far as my bartender described, we have to rebuild the turtle club as well. you know how many people called me, how many people offered help, it's so nice to hear that everybody is ready, everybody wants to help. so we're going to make it happen and we're going to make it happen as soon as possible. we want to be an example of the upper keys, but actually the whole keys. we want to be an example of the american standard. we will make it happen and we will do it. >> peter, what's your website if people want to get yo...

>> peter, good words to end on. thank you. >> thank you. >> be safe, be strong, let's make it happen. key west has been cut off from communication. i spoke with the city manager just before we went on air. also just before we aired, i spoke with key west mayor, mayor kate. what's the situation there? >> we have quite a bit of damage. mainly in key west, not so much structural damage, mainly trees going down. we broke a lot of water lines. we have a lot of large, older trees. because we haven't had hurricanes they've grown very large. one took the roofs of businesses, but other than that we far...

So we're going to make it happen and we're going to make it happen as soon as possible. we want to be an example of the upper keys, but actually the whole keys. we want to be an example of the american standard. we will make it happen and we will do it. >> peter, i have to give you the chance. what's your website if people want to get your t-shirts? >> snapperskeylargo.com. >> peter, we wish you the best, take care. >> thank you very much and good luck to everybody because we're not the only one in this situation. everybody, be safe, be strong, and let's make it happen. >> peter, good words to...