Twice in Hell: The Story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi | #history #education #hiroshima #nagasaki
On August 6th, 1945 in Hiroshima, an engineer named Sutou Yamaguchi was on a business trip when the world changed forever. At 8:15 a.m., a blinding flash split the sky. The atomic bomb detonated just 3 km from where he stood. Thrown to the ground, burned and deafened. Yamaguchi somehow survived. Barely alive, he returned home to Nagasaki, his hometown, 3 days later, his body wrapped in bandages. As he told his boss about the destruction he’d witnessed, the sky once again turned white. It was August 9th, 1945, the day the second atomic bomb fell. Against all odds, Sutou survived again. He lost hearing in one ear and bore scars for life. But he lived to the age of 93, dedicating his later years to speaking against nuclear weapons. Officially recognized by Japan as a double survivor, he became a living symbol of resilience and a voice pleading that no one else should ever endure what he did. Two bombs, one man, a miracle wrapped in tragedy.
In August 1945, Tsutomu Yamaguchi experienced the unthinkable—twice. He was in Hiroshima on a business trip when the atomic bomb fell on August 6, surviving severe burns and deafness. Dazed but alive, he returned home to Nagasaki, his bandages barely dry. Three days later, as he described the explosion to his boss, another blinding flash struck—the second bomb. Against all odds, he survived again. Yamaguchi lived to 93, dedicating his life to peace and nuclear disarmament. Recognized as the only official double atomic bomb survivor, his story reminds us of both the fragility and resilience of humanity.
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I would have thought that the exposure to radiation would have killed him sooner.
He spoke against atomic bombs ? I would have spoken against massacring chinese civilians and against crazy medical experiments on civilians.