Story of Men 'Magical' Escaped Death 2 Times atomic bomb explosion in Japan


Nagasaki - One of the most memorable bomb for virulence during World War II is in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The incident killed 129,000 Japanese citizens.

The bombing that took place on 6 and August 9, 1945 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki is the use of nuclear weapons of war for the first and last time.

Miraculously, the man named Yamaguchi managed to escape death and to witness the two bombings. The story was published June 6, 2013 edition todayifoundout.com quoted Liputan6.com,

On August 6, 1945, the 29 years it was home to his house after being 3 months in Hiroshima on a business trip. He was an engineer and worked as a designer in the oil tanker Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.


On the way to the train station on his way home in Nagasaki, he forgot to bring the letter of the road and take it back. While his friends, Akira Iwanaga and Kuniyoshu Seto, continue the journey.

After taking delivery orders, on his way back to the station he saw bomber - bombers and two small parachute flying over the city of Hiroshima at 08:15. Shortly thereafter, the blinding light appears, a thunderous noise, high winds and heat.

At the time of the incident, Yamaguchi is located 3 km from the explosion site. This causes his eardrums ruptured, burning his upper body, and suffered temporary blindness.

After the incident, Yamaguchi walked to the evacuation site where he met with the two men. The next morning he and his colleagues returned to Nagasaki by train.

Once there, he received treatment from the local hospital. Within 3 days, Yamaguchi who already feel recovered decided to go back to work.

In the office, Yamaguchi directly interrogated by his boss. In the middle of the conversation, he heard the air raid
sirens.

For the second time, he saw a blinding white light. Instinctively he dropped to the floor for cover.

"I thought the mushroom-shaped clouds - formed by the explosion of a nuclear bomb - had followed me from Hiroshima," he said at the time.


Both are equally bomb exploded near the city center. When the blast in Nagasaki, Yamaguchi also at a distance of 3 kilometers from the center of the explosion. Although power ledaknyanya more powerful than Hiroshima, there was widespread damage occurs due to the uneven contours of the city and many parts are split by the water.

Yamaguchi should not experience a second bomb blast. Because reportedly Kokura an initial target of the bombing, but the bombers shifted to the second target of Nagasaki for the city sky covered with clouds.

When the bombers arrived in Nagasaki, they also found that the cloud actually interfere with the execution of blasting. However, there may be shifted to another target because fuel supplies menipis.Yamaguchi of survivors two times, she carried on her life.

Although longevity, the effect of the explosion, causing a loss of hearing left and quite serious burns. The whole hair was permanently lost.

In addition, he also suffered psychological trauma as a result of the all-powerful blast.



Nevertheless, Yamaguchi and his wife, Hisako, have healthy offspring. Although both are sentenced to high levels of radiation exposure.

Yamaguchi's wife died at the age of 88 years due to kidney disease and liver cancer. While Yamaguchi lived to the age of 93 years, he died in 2010 of stomach cancer.

The Government of Japan, Yamaguchi said that he was a survivor of the Nagasaki bomb. At first he decided not to tell the explosion in Hiroshima, because according to one of her daughters, as a tribute to the thousands of people are not as fortunate as themselves.

In 2009, he changed his mind and officially admitted as victims of two explosions in the Japanese government. He then dedicated the rest of his life to campaigning against the use of nuclear weapons by all nations.

Yamaguchi even wrote a book outlining his experiences, including a poem that tells about the incident, Raft of Corpses.

"I could have died because of that. Everything I experienced afterwards is a bonus," said Yamaguchi some time before he died.

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