What did you do the day after the Great East Japan Earthquake?
All day long I was on the phone in bed.
I can’t even connect to the internet.
First, I connected to Niigata Prefecture and Tottori Prefecture through the internet.
No matter where in the country the disaster area is, telephone and internet services will be concentrated in the Tokyo metropolitan area and will be overwhelmed.
Tokyo is not connected to No. 1.
I think the internet was restored via the Sea of Japan side.
Leave the TV on, look at the internet, keep calling.
It’s my daily work style, which hasn’t changed much to this day.
Somewhere along the line, I was connected to an NPO for disaster relief, and by that route, I was connected to an aide to the prime minister’s official residence.
A private ambulance helicopter will fly to Kesennuma.
Because I am the manager of a nursing home in the disaster area.
Under the guise of an urgent need to transport relief supplies.
It was the first private sector permission to fly helicopters to the disaster area.
Almost without any expectations, I continued to wait for the call for permission.
I couldn’t do anything.
Thinking back on it now, I should have left behind preparations for things to bring, suicide notes, and instructions to my subordinates during that time.
The reason for this is that it was a secret from both my parents and my subordinates that I was leaving for Tohoku by helicopter.
Why did I sneak out without saying a word to my parents who live with me?
Perhaps, the idea of not making them worry came to mind.
But now that I think about it, I don’t think so.
To be honest, I was upset and confused.
With fear and anxiety, I honestly couldn’t talk to my parents or my subordinates.
No plans, no odds.
However, he flew to the disaster area alone.
Relief materials were limited to a bagful of chocolates and sweets.
I didn’t have a camera.
I brought my docomo cell phone and my iPhone.
The next day, I spent the whole day crouching in my bed in the bedroom where I am now.
It was a helpless day, all I could do was wait.
Next time, if that day ever comes, what should I do as a leader?
No one has yet found the answer.
Pulse oximeter 96/97/97
Body temperature 36.7 Blood sugar 294
Jam instead of tea
CEO Yasunari Koyama