How did he survive not one, but two atomic bombs ?
The story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi is quite amazing.
He found himself in Hiroshima on a business trip on the morning of 6 August 1945. He was just three kilometres away from the blast of Ground Zero.
He then travelled to Nagasaki on the second day – he was determined to get home to his family in Nagasaki.
He arrived and the following day was just 3 kilometres away from the blast of Ground Zero.
He is now 93 and playing down the story. But he has finally been recognised by the governments of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a double-hibakusha or A-bomb victim.
The A-bom killed 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 70,000 in Nagasaki.
Below is a photo from our own family album.
It was taken in Hiroshima in 1959. The man in the photo had been born in 1938 in Hiroshima but moved with his family shortly afterwards to Tokyo. He was visiting the city to pay his respects. The photo taken in 1959 makes an interesting comparison with the structure taken almost 50 years later. It is a strong reminder of the terrible impact such weapons and war can have on our lives and the very fabric of our society.
- Hiroshima 1959
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