Tsunami-hit bike found in Canada
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May 3, 2012, Thursday
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IT must have been a wild ride.
A Harley-Davidson motorcycle lost in last year's tsunami has washed up on a Canadian island about 6,400 kilometers away, Japanese media claimed.
The rusted bike was found in a large white container where its owner, Ikuo Yokoyama, had kept it. He was located through the license plate number, Fuji TV reported yesterday.
"This is unmistakably mine. It's miraculous," Yokoyama told Nippon TV when shown photos of the motorcycle.
Yokoyama lost three members of his family in the March 11, 2011 tsunami and is now living in temporary housing in Miyagi prefecture (state).
The motorcycle is among the first items lost in the tsunami to reach the west coast of North America. In March, an Alaska man found a football and later a volleyball from Japan; their owners were located last week using names that had been inscribed on the balls.
Canadian Peter Mark, who found the bike and its container, told Fuji that he "couldn't believe that something like that would make it across the Pacific."
The report said he found it on April 18 on Graham Island, off the coast of British Columbia.
The motorcyle was caked with "a lot of corrosion, a lot of rust," said Mark.
When he saw the Japanese license plate, Mark contacted a local TV station.
A Harley-Davidson motorcycle lost in last year's tsunami has washed up on a Canadian island about 6,400 kilometers away, Japanese media claimed.
The rusted bike was found in a large white container where its owner, Ikuo Yokoyama, had kept it. He was located through the license plate number, Fuji TV reported yesterday.
"This is unmistakably mine. It's miraculous," Yokoyama told Nippon TV when shown photos of the motorcycle.
Yokoyama lost three members of his family in the March 11, 2011 tsunami and is now living in temporary housing in Miyagi prefecture (state).
The motorcycle is among the first items lost in the tsunami to reach the west coast of North America. In March, an Alaska man found a football and later a volleyball from Japan; their owners were located last week using names that had been inscribed on the balls.
Canadian Peter Mark, who found the bike and its container, told Fuji that he "couldn't believe that something like that would make it across the Pacific."
The report said he found it on April 18 on Graham Island, off the coast of British Columbia.
The motorcyle was caked with "a lot of corrosion, a lot of rust," said Mark.
When he saw the Japanese license plate, Mark contacted a local TV station.
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