An American survivor of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack in New York who reached out to Japan's northeast following its triple disaster in 2011 has for years fostered a unique bond with the region's people, finding the connection mutually beneficial in coping with the traumatic events."I thought we would be helping them, but they were helping us," said Jeanette Gutierrez, 56, an office worker who volunteers as a docent at the 9/11 Tribute Museum in Lower Manhattan.
(Jeanette Gutierrez)For a period of nine years after the attack on the World Trade Center's twin towers, which she witnessed …READ FULL ARTICLE