Japanese Soccer Ball Found In Alaska

On March 11 of last year, Japan was hit by a tsunami that wiped out entire towns and caused widespread devastation. 16-year-old Misaki Murakami, from the town of Rikuzentakata, thought he had lost everything. However, things started looking up when he found out that his soccer ball had survived and had been found on Middleton Island in Alaska, over 3,000 miles away from where it had started. It was found by David Baxter, who lives on Middleton Island with his wife, Yumi. She is Japanese and was able to read Murakami's name on the soccer ball. With help from a Japanese reporter, the couple found Murakami and plan to send the ball back to him as soon as possible.
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