Olympic volunteers strive to share stories of 3/11 disaster

Olympic volunteer Atsushi Muramatsu poses for a photo in front of Sekisui Heim Super Arena, which was used as a morgue after the 2011 earthquake, also known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, in Rifu, Japan, Thursday, July 29, 2021. The arena is situated next to Miyagi Stadium, which is used for soccer matches during the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he is serving as a volunteer. Muramatsu has made business-card size flyers to express gratitude for support from overseas. He plans to hand them out to foreign media. (AP Photo/Chisato Tanaka)

Olympic volunteer Atsushi Muramatsu shows business-card size flyers to express gratitude for support from overseas, during an interview with The Associated Press in Rifu, Japan, Thursday, July 29, 2021. He made the flyers to hand out to foreign media covering the 2020 Summer Olympics at Miyagi Stadium, where he is serving as a volunteer. (AP Photo/Chisato Tanaka)

Olympic volunteer Atsushi Muramatsu shows business-card size flyers to express gratitude for support from overseas, during an interview with The Associated Press in Rifu, Japan, Thursday, July 29, 2021. He made the flyers to hand out to foreign media covering the 2020 Summer Olympics at Miyagi Stadium, where he is serving as a volunteer. (AP Photo/Chisato Tanaka)

Olympic volunteer Atsushi Muramatsu shows photos of Russian rescuers he took at Sekisui Heim Super Arena on March 18, 2011, when it was used as a morgue following a devastating March 2011 earthquake, during an interview with The Associated Press in Rifu, Japan, Thursday, July 29, 2021. The Tokyo Olympics was billed as the “Recovery and Reconstruction Games,” with the torch relay starting in disaster-hit Fukushima and several events held in Fukushima and Miyagi. However, the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted opportunities to showcase the region’s restoration to foreign spectators. (AP Photo/Chisato Tanaka)

This photo shows Sekisui Heim Super Arena, which was used as a morgue after the 2011 earthquake, also known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, in Rifu, Japan, Thursday, July 29, 2021. The Tokyo Olympics was billed as the “Recovery and Reconstruction Games,” with the torch relay starting in disaster-hit Fukushima and several events held in Fukushima and Miyagi. However, the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted opportunities to showcase the region’s restoration to foreign spectators. (AP Photo/Chisato Tanaka)

Olympic volunteer Mieko Onuma talks about her experiences of the 2011 earthquake, also known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, at Tohoku Fukushi University in Sendai, Japan, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. The Tokyo Olympics was billed as the “Recovery and Reconstruction Games,” with the torch relay starting in disaster-hit Fukushima and several events held in Fukushima and Miyagi. However, the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted opportunities to showcase the region’s restoration to foreign spectators. (AP Photo/Chisato Tanaka)

Olympic volunteer Mieko Onuma talks about her experiences of the 2011 earthquake, also known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, at Tohoku Fukushi University in Sendai, Japan, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. The Tokyo Olympics was billed as the “Recovery and Reconstruction Games,” with the torch relay starting in disaster-hit Fukushima and several events held in Fukushima and Miyagi. However, the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted opportunities to showcase the region’s restoration to foreign spectators. (AP Photo/Chisato Tanaka)