#1 Man Survives Two Nuclear Bombs A resident of Nagasaki, Tsutomu Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on business for his employer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries when the city was bombed on August 6, 1945. He was actually preparing to leave the city on that day, and was on his way to the station when he realized that he had forgotten his “hanko” –a stamp allowing him to travel– so he had to return to his workplace to get it. At 8:15, while he was walking back toward the docks, the American bomber The Enola Gay dropped the “Little Boy” atomic bomb near the center of the city, which was only 3 km away. The explosion ruptured his eardrums, blinded him temporarily, and left him with serious burns all over the left side of the top half of his body. After recovering, he spent the night in an air raid shelter before returning to Nagasaki the following day. Back at home in Nagasaki, he received treatment for his wounds. Despite being heavily bandaged, he reported for work on August 9, the day of the second atomic bombing. At 11am, just when Yamaguchi was describing the blast in Hiroshima to his supervisor, the American bomber Bockscar dropped the “Fat Man” atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Once again, he was 3 km from ground zero, but this time he was unhurt. In 2009, the government of Japan officially recognized him as the only person who survived both explosions. He died of stomach cancer in 2010 at the age of 93. Man Survives Two Nuclear Bombs #1 Man Survives Two Nuclear Bombs
Posted on: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 03:51:00 +0000
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