TSUTOMU YAMAGUCHI, 93
Only recognized survivor of both attacks died of stomach cancer.
Yamaguchi is a certified "hibakusha," radiation survivor. It was known that he survived the bomb at Nagasaki August 9, 1945, but in March 2009, the Japanese government confirmed that he had also been at Hiroshima on a business trip for Mitsubishi Shipyard at 8:15 am when the first one went off.
He recalled, "It was very clear, a really fine day, nothing unusual about it at all. I was in good spirits. As I was walking along, I heard the sound of a plane, just one. I looked up into the sky and saw the B-29, and it dropped two parachutes. I was looking up into the sky at them, and suddenly it was like a flash of magnesium, a great flash in the sky, and I was blown over."
he was badly burned, but returned home to Nagasaki. Over 140,000 died at Hiroshima and 70,000 at Nagasaki.
many survived but had radiation-related problems. Mr. Yamaguchi lost his hearing in his left ear, suffered acute leukemia and had cataracts as a result of his exposure.
Talk about your being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The Japanese media claims that 165 people were at both explosions, but he was the only confirmed one.
This entry should actually be in the Cooter's History Thing Blog. http://cootershistorything.blogspot.com
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
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