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The Ghosts of Nagasaki
On August 9th 1945 a plume of smoke and fire engulfed the city of Nagasaki. The hellfire and it’s subsequent radioactive plume claimed the lives of 39 to 80 thousand people over the next two weeks. A large portion of these deaths resulted from the shock and the stupor of having just survived something believed impossible. As many as 5,000 people walked down to the shores of Urakami river and waded into the water to alleviate the pain from the radiation burns on their skin. Many of these people, filled with complete shock promptly drowned.
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“They looked as if they were ghosts”: An atomic bomb survivor shares her memories – UNODA
Next, Ms. Michiko Hattori shared her experience of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, when she was a 16-year-old military nurse. Speaking in Japanese with an English-language interpreter, Ms. Hattori said she was exposed to the atomic bombing and lost consciousness 3.5 km away from the explosion’s hypocentre. She recalled seeing a very bright flash of light and hearing a thunderous sound before losing consciousness.
Shaken awake by a Japanese soldier, she witnessed crowds of people as they made their way to medical facilities through the burning city. Their hair stood on its ends, she said, and their burnt clothes and skin peeled from their bodies. “They looked as if they were ghosts”, she added.
The Ghosts of Nagasaki
On August 9th 1945 a plume of smoke and fire engulfed the city of Nagasaki. The hellfire and it’s subsequent radioactive plume claimed the lives of 39 to 80 thousand people over the next two weeks. A large portion of these deaths resulted from the shock and the stupor of having just survived something believed impossible. As many as 5,000 people walked down to the shores of Urakami river and waded into the water to alleviate the pain from the radiation burns on their skin. Many of these people, filled with complete shock promptly drowned.
UN project
“They looked as if they were ghosts”: An atomic bomb survivor shares her memories – UNODA
Next, Ms. Michiko Hattori shared her experience of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, when she was a 16-year-old military nurse. Speaking in Japanese with an English-language interpreter, Ms. Hattori said she was exposed to the atomic bombing and lost consciousness 3.5 km away from the explosion’s hypocentre. She recalled seeing a very bright flash of light and hearing a thunderous sound before losing consciousness.
Shaken awake by a Japanese soldier, she witnessed crowds of people as they made their way to medical facilities through the burning city. Their hair stood on its ends, she said, and their burnt clothes and skin peeled from their bodies. “They looked as if they were ghosts”, she added.
