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Tsutomu Yamaguchi had been a certified hibakusha after surviving the detonation of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. However, the Japanese government confirmed in 2009 that Yamaguchi had also been in Hiroshima when the bomb was deployed, and lived to be the only recognized person to have survived both atomic bombings.
Yamaguchi worked for Mitsubishi Shipyard and was in Hiroshima on a business trip on August 6. At 8:15 am, the B-29 Enola Gay released Little Boy on top of the city.
He would later tell a British newspaper that: (QUOTE) "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."
The man suffered severe burns and returned to his home in Nagasaki to recover from his injuries. But three days later he would experience the same traumatic event again. The radioactive ash burned over half of his body this time.
After being officially recognized, Yamaguchi said: (QUOTE) "My double radiation exposure is now an official government record. It can tell the younger generation the horrifying history of the atomic bombings even after I die."
Hundreds of thousands perished during both attacks, and those who survived struggled with the effects of radiation. Yamaguchi became deaf in his left ear because of the blasts and later suffered radiation-related illnesses, including leukemia. He eventually spoke publicly about his experiences and advocated for the abolition of nuclear weapons at the United Nations.
He lived to 93.
Tsutomu Yamaguchi had been a certified hibakusha after surviving the detonation of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. However, the Japanese government confirmed in 2009 that Yamaguchi had also been in Hiroshima when the bomb was deployed, and lived to be the only recognized person to have survived both atomic bombings.
Yamaguchi worked for Mitsubishi Shipyard and was in Hiroshima on a business trip on August 6. At 8:15 am, the B-29 Enola Gay released Little Boy on top of the city.
He would later tell a British newspaper that: (QUOTE) "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."
The man suffered severe burns and returned to his home in Nagasaki to recover from his injuries. But three days later he would experience the same traumatic event again. The radioactive ash burned over half of his body this time.
After being officially recognized, Yamaguchi said: (QUOTE) "My double radiation exposure is now an official government record. It can tell the younger generation the horrifying history of the atomic bombings even after I die."
Hundreds of thousands perished during both attacks, and those who survived struggled with the effects of radiation. Yamaguchi became deaf in his left ear because of the blasts and later suffered radiation-related illnesses, including leukemia. He eventually spoke publicly about his experiences and advocated for the abolition of nuclear weapons at the United Nations.
He lived to 93.
