Hiroshima, Nagasaki Survivor Dies at 93 : Discovery News
Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person officially recognized as a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings at the end of World War II, has died at age 93.
Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a business trip for his shipbuilding company on Aug. 6, 1945, when a U.S. B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on the city. He suffered serious burns to his upper body and spent the night in the city.
He then returned to his hometown of Nagasaki, about 300 kilometers (190 miles) to the southwest, which suffered a second U.S. atomic bomb attack three days later.
Now let me continue his story. In 1946, Yamaguchi, wanting to rest up and recuperate, went on vacation to the Bikini Atoll.... :amazed:
In 1948, he visited Enewetak Atoll....
ush:
He was like a nuclear explosion magnet. He was the deciding factor in the dropping of the two bombs.
"Which city should we bomb?"
"Whichever one Yamaguchi is in."
"Look, he survived Hiroshima. Track him! Take out that city."
Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person officially recognized as a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings at the end of World War II, has died at age 93.
Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a business trip for his shipbuilding company on Aug. 6, 1945, when a U.S. B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on the city. He suffered serious burns to his upper body and spent the night in the city.
He then returned to his hometown of Nagasaki, about 300 kilometers (190 miles) to the southwest, which suffered a second U.S. atomic bomb attack three days later.
Now let me continue his story. In 1946, Yamaguchi, wanting to rest up and recuperate, went on vacation to the Bikini Atoll.... :amazed:
In 1948, he visited Enewetak Atoll....
ush:He was like a nuclear explosion magnet. He was the deciding factor in the dropping of the two bombs.
"Which city should we bomb?"
"Whichever one Yamaguchi is in."
"Look, he survived Hiroshima. Track him! Take out that city."
