Tsutomu Yamaguchi was a naval engineer in Hiroshima when he saw a plane overhead drop a small object in the air with a parachute. Shortly after, a bright light flashed, and he was thrust into the air by the sheer force. The blast was the first nuclear bomb dropped on the city by the Americans. Despite severe burns, he survived and headed to a train station to get to his home…in Nagasaki. When he arrived, he was taken to a hospital because of his severe burns. Of course, days later, another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Miraculously, he, his wife, and son all survived the blast, but the radiation took its toll. He thought he might die from the poisoning but slowly his body recovered. After surviving two of the most horrific attacks in human history, he lived to be 93 years old.
