Time (April 21)
2011/ 04/ 24 by jd in Global News
Time will include Dr. Takeshi Kanno in its list of the 100 “most influential people in the world.” When the tsunami alert sounded, the doctor “immediately began moving patients to the highest floor, helping dozens of people in the short window between the 9.0-magnitude quake and the deadly wave.” He remained at his post in Minami Sanriku treating patients until the survivors could be evacuated from the stricken Shizugawa public hospital. After three days he rejoined his wife for the birth of their second child. They named the boy Rei, which means “the wisdom to overcome hardship,” a trait Dr. Kanno exemplified during the disaster.
