The Japanese talk of a sense of an obligation as a debt that can never be repaid. Among the acts of courage and selflessness seen over the last few days, such a debt has been owed to the power plant engineers, technicians and firefighters that have responded to the disaster at Dai-Ichi. Learning that these individuals have said there goodbyes with text messages or not at all before facing this invisible killer makes this writer hope for the human spirit. Courage in the face of sudden danger is commendable but to face it with full knowledge and time for consideration is incredible. Some have compared these workers to the pilots that climbed into their aircraft in one-way missions to try to save their homeland. Perhaps they too are deserving. But what do I know I'm just another gaijin.
73 de Rob
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