Surviving The Tsunami Summary

The article, “Surviving the Tsunami” demonstrates how students Aki Kawasaki, Kana Sasaki, and Fumiya Akasaka persevered through the Japanese Tsunami and how it affected them. The text details that the town of Tokyo, Japan was hit by an earthquake, followed by a devastating tsunami. Aki, Kana, and Fumiya along with other students and a handful of teachers were desperately trying to escape, and made it out alive. They were among the lucky, as their families were safe.
Tsunamis, like the Japanese Tsunami, affect people greatly. A way these tsunamis affect people is that at schools like Kamaishi High, teachers were prompted by these tsunamis to educate kids on them and how to stay safe during one. I noticed that the text said, “Four years ago,

A way they did this was with quick thinking. The article mentions, “The teachers insist that it was Kamaishi East students’ quick action in a moment of terror that made the difference." I also found that it said, “It was a life-or-death race, with not a minute to spare. “Before I realized I was running, my feet were moving,” Kana says.” The students realized what was ahead, and they quickly thought through it and made quick decisions, which saved many. Another way that they persevered through the disaster was by sticking together. The author writes, “In the hours after the quake and tsunami, Aki, Kana, and Fumiya stood amid a group of hundreds of stunned students and teachers, shivering in the cold, terrified for their families.” Everybody stuck together, and lived through the disaster. With quick decisions, everybody made it out alright. To conclude, the Japanese Tsunami was a terrifying disaster. There were many challenges, all of which the people of Japan persevered through by using quick thinking. It affected Japan in many ways, and caused much destruction. Disasters like this one destroy a lot, but can also bring people like the ones at Kamaishi East