Aftermath--Hiroshima Part 4

“People were burned to char like barbecued. Passengers stood in the subway with hands holding on the handle. They looked like they were alive. But they were all dead.”

“A woman was holding my hands. Her hands, legs, and upper part of the body were severely burnt. An yellowish liquid was oozing out from her eyes. She called me Onesan. I watched more closely, and realized that she is my little sister, Imoto.”

“The rivers in the Hiroshima are also hells. People of severe burn came to the river. People of thirsty came to river. But, very soon, they died and floated on the river.”

“My son asked me what was going on in Hiroshima. I really did not want to tell him about it. I could not imagine that such a human tragedy could happen. But, I had to tell him about it.”

The casualty of Hiroshima atomic bomb was 132,000; seven times more severe that what Oppenheimer had predicted. No survival within the radius of 3 miles of the bomb.

The second bomb was dropped on Nagasagi on August 9. On the same day, Russians also invaded Manchuria. Japan surrendered on August 16, 1945.