Help find American woman missing after the tsunami in Japan

Taylor Anderson

Barbara Weibel who blogs at Hole In the Donut put out this call to help her friends Andy and Jean Anderson find their daughter Taylor.

Taylor is living in Japan, teaching American culture to children in Mangokuura Elementary School in the town of Ishinomaki, which was virtually ground zero for the tsunami. She has not been heard from since the earthquake despite a previous erroneous report that she was found. The State Department is now engaged in the search and there is still hope that Taylor will be found, as many parts of the area are still physically cut off. However, resources are too few and search and rescue teams are confronted with an environment than we cannot imagine. To make matters worse, cell communication is spotty and satellite phones are desperately needed.

The United States currently has American Disaster Assistance Rescue Teams (DART) on the ground but they are not assisting with the search and rescue operations. The Andersons are asking that we all contact our Senators and Congressman and deliver a message that the State Department needs to deploy the necessary resources to find Taylor and any other American still unaccounted for in Japan.

Here is a map of the area where Taylor was last seen:

Other links to help find Taylor or to report information of other missing persons.

Japan Person Finder

The Miyagi News Finder

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