The Man Who Survived TWO Tactical Nukes (Strange Stories of World War II)
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- Scars from being burned by atomic bomb
Old and faded today Hiroshima memorial
The fat-soaked soil of humans who pile up and burn to death won't dry out
Tsutomu Yamaguchi , 2010 [translated by Kiyo Sakuma].
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Bibliography
McNeill, David. "How I survived Hiroshima - and then Nagasaki." Independent, March 26, 2009.
Parry, Richard Lloyd. "The Luckiest or Unluckiest Man in the World? Tsutomu Yamaguchi, double A-bomb victim." The Times, March 25, 2009.
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- Nearly dies an a nuclear explosion
- Still goes into work despite injuries
- Boss yells at him for faking it
- Another nuke lands in town
- Leaves, refusing to elaborate further
Gigachad
@@romanno102 Gigachad with burns
A chad indeed
Absolute sigma
based
I've already heard of this story but imagine getting nuked in the middle of a argument about the existence of nukes 💀
My thoughts exactly 💀. “What are you, insane? A single bomb can’t wipe an entire ci-“ (vaporizes)
Ah yes “reapers” moment
He's like you know what? I quit. Leaves his boss to die.
Biggest silent quitting in world history.
No I would love for that to happen. I love having proof I am not a liar.
A man, whom despite being burned, injured and lost most of his colleagues from atomic blast, still showing up to work the next day is the craziest Japanese work ethic story ever.
That’s why we had to drop A bombs
It was still the Japanese work ethic til it was cheaper to manufacture in china
And getting yelled at by the Boss and also called a liar until a Nuke comes right at them
He left the Boss to die slowly in the wreckage for insulting him
I wonder what went through that Boss mind when he realized he was telling the truth?
@@guts-141 Wait did his boss really die and he left him?
*Workaholic to the next level*
@@Cacowninja nobody knows whether he died that day or he died later in his life
This man was half-charred and still came into work the next day. The definition of dedication and perseverance. Hats off, sir.
Survived both Hiroshima and Nagasaki with major and minor injuries, and died at the age of 93. Fucking legend.
And apparently many of the survivors, that weren’t hit directly, managed to reach a very high or at least respectable age.
Does anyone know how this is possible, considering the radiation they must have been subjected to?
@@stielimusterman3066 Human freaking will.
@@stielimusterman3066 Radiation not enough to kill you but definitely have constant heath problems.
@@MrMannyhw
If we are talking about cancer then it‘s still extremely surprising how long the survived though...
The Fidel Castro of Japan.
93 years old. Damn this dude is a legend.
He has MC plot armor I stg
I am Legend
Dual Survivor 1 of a Kind ?
The nuclear fire burned away the weakness in his body.
He’s as durable as wolverine
My grandfather went to high school in Hiroshima. He went on a picnic on the day of the bombing and came back and saw the whole city burning. He said he was exposed to indirect radiation and had symptoms of vomiting. Although he was not Japanese, he received free medical care for life in Japan
I'll take "Things Clout Chasers/Attention Seekers Lie About" for $10 Alex.
Why do you need to lie?
@@chilledvortex1953 Why do you think it's a lie?
@@thrlanta Let's see:
There's Clout Chasing
Attention Seeking
Sympathy/Empathy
Sob Stories (used to Garner Support)
Talking Big (acting like you're a somebody when you're a nobody)
And overall being an arrogant douchebag trying to make someone else feel guilty over something that wasn't their doing.
You starting to see the picture? Because I can keep going. A previous comment stated that this is the internet, even with hard evidence it'll be labeled as "Photoshop/DeepFake, and in this vast world of internet, everything is fake until proven real.
I'd suggest you remove your comments otherwise a lawsuit can be made against you for grief and harm.
@STOP it's not like there's gonna be some sort of student exchange program or something during WW2 while the USA is firebombing the entire place so hard that the Manhattan Project needed to appeal all the way up the chain of command to the president himself to say "please stop firebombing every city, we need at least one or two untouched for the atom bomb" and all the major cities were firebombed already, the targets chosen for the atom bombs were just among the least firebombed places. and during WW2, people were extremely suspicious of other races. even the USA had camps for it's Japanese people during the war. also "the plane i was supposed to be on crashed" cliché with a picnic. japan is a particularly xenophobic country. even today as progressive as they are, there are places like pubs and such that non-Japanese are not allowed to go in.
these are a few of my reasons to press X to doubt.
@@thrlanta this question will remain unanswered
Wow! I thought my great grandfather surviving the nuke on Nagasaki and living to be 87 years old was the coolest thing ever! But this man surviving both nukes and living to be 93, he definitely is a legend! 💪💪
93 actually..
@@v.emiltheii-nd.8094 Oh, sorry about that, typo. 😅
My condolences to all Japanese people. Let this never happen again.
- survived two atomic bombing
- ignored his dumbass boss
- reunited with family
- lives to 93 years old
He’s a chad in a tragic period.
It's horrifying to think that there is a possibility something like this could happen again. This man suffered a lot, they all did.
They all got what they deserved.
Do not worry.. the nukes nowadays are thousands times stronger.. they can evaporate entire mega cities to rubble.
Yeah, why did usa nuked japan? Japan only raped women, killed babies, and experimented on humans in the field and universities in the mainland.
If it did happen again it would be much worse
@@alexthedemon2203 if it ever happened again earth wont be earth anymore
this man outlived both his wife and son, despite literally surviving a nuke twice and going to work a day after the first one, he is dedicated to live and work
4:50 God DAMN that's a big baby.
I heard about this story before I am surprised he still went to the office the next day with everything that happened man is dedicated
@ВоIuga 🅥 shut up
It's very shock
Man's got a family to feed
Japanese black companies
He is the Ultimate Office Worker !
Boss: Theres no way a single bomb can do that!
Yamaguchi: aight bet *points at the Bomber heading there way*
Yamaguchi: Boss, you should not have Jinx it.
Boss: Yamaguchi, help! I've been hurt by the bomb!
Yamaguchi: What bomb, sir? Didn't you just say that it was impossible? You must have imagined it. *Leaves*
wow that was an incredible story! He's survived two atomic bombs and lived to 93? It's still very sad that he had to go through all of that though. Especially outliving your family as they suffer from the radiation over the years.
I would love to see an episode on Arthur John Priest. Talk about being a very unlucky, lucky guy. He survived five incidents, which included four sinkings: The _RMS Olympic_ collision with _HMS Hawke, RMS Titanic, HMS Alcantara, HMHS Britannic_ and _SS Donegal_ .
Why am I just now hearing about this guy
@@henrylansing9734 He and Violet Jessop were in the same lifeboat on _Britannic_ specifically one of the two that were smashed up by her propellers.
meanwhile ('-even when it was just Simulated-' (- Travis Tate), but): (Not Pushing for helghanite Fanboyisms, but) the helghan corp's....well. Major defeats or humiliations.
against those that surrounds them (even including the breakaway, unaligned ICSA colonies').
....
- 2202s.
- 22(15)/20s+
- (somewhere in 2330s(?), I do not remember currently right now).
- 2358 to 23(59)/60s+.
- 2390s+.
unLucky indeed. (for those Anti-UCN helghanite colonists anyways).
“Sorry I’m late, I got hit by a nuke”
Boss - “ inexcusable you should never be late for work!”
I couldn’t believe it when I heard that part
Some things never change.
*After Atomic bomb*
Boss: Help me!
Yamaguchi: Sorry boss. I resign.
You just don't know the traditional culture of Japan. Discipline, commitment, honor above all. Many Japanese soldiers fought WW2 for many years past 1945, one kept on fighting till 1974. Reason was simple - surrender is dishonourable and orders must be followed no matter what.
And for SOME REASON, Japanese bosses still act like this
Japanese chairmen and seniors are still like that to this day
They care more about your work and your necktie more than your health condition
This man has more experience getting nuked than any other person living or dead. Let's hope it stays that way.
i hope it doesnt current generations are pathetic and delusional
Hes gman
Idk man back in 2010 I got nuked quite often.
We survived 50 Years during the cold War.. can't believe it
Historians believe he wasn't the only one, but there was stigma about being nuked, so many victims never talked about it if they were lucky enough to not have any scar
Yamaguchi Tsutomu: survived an atomic bomb, went to work, got yelled at by his boss, survived another atomic bomb, lived to 93
Onoda Hiroo: kept fighting for nearly 30 years after the end of WWII because he didn’t realize Japan had surrendered and only stood down when his original commanding officer (who was also somehow still alive) officially relieved him of duty. Lived to 91.
Real legends, these guys.
Onoda killed over 30 innocent civilians on the island not counting the shootout with the police force after the war just because he refused to surrender. He did know Japan surrendered, he just refused to believe it. Lets not twist words now shall we.
A fact that is completely omitted in his japanese autobiography.
@@stupendously_sillythat’s completely not true, he didn’t know it ended
@@stupendously_sillyCorrect. He does not deserve any sympathy or praise, only condemnation.
I've written alot of these comments but my great aunt survived the bomb in hiroshima. she was in a daycare and the bomb dropped when she was reading to a group of children.
she was confused and had a fractured spine (she was fine in the end, had a life long limp) and just walked to the mountains. she walked 1.2 miles to find help and eventually found it. and when she was given her survival certificate, she was only given free bus fairs, trian tickets and cheaper health care for several years until they government felt some compensation and gave her more benefits.
What about the kids in that daycare tho?
@@monicac5927dont
This guy is the literal definition of...
*First Time?*
His boss : aaarrgghh I got burned by nuke!
Him: first time?
“The cities were reduced to rubble, and for the people living there it was a terrible fate.”
Detroit be like
@@nikitascobelev3369 dont forget about good ole oakland
This came out last yr on infographic
The death of countless innocent people in Hiroshima had become my country’s sin 😢
@@fecmultimedia1488 dude they would have lost more lives if they invaded also Japan did way worse ( 731)
The few parts with the old lady and the kid just disapearing and letting only a shadow made me thrill, knowing these were actually real
It’s nots shadow
This man's work ethics is crazy, he really took "business as usual" to another level 😂
US: Drop two nuclear bomb
Tsutomu Yamaguchi: *I HEAR NO BELL*
Soviet Union invades manchuria. They heard the bell.
@@Valorius It was really both.
Russian war crimes to the west and US made nukes to the east. Pick one.
USA: Woah, I thought you were dead.
Tsutomu Yamaguchi: My death was extremely... exaggerated.
USA to Germany: You guys are pure evil and need to be stopped for we are the good guys!
Also USA: *Drops two Nukes on innocent Cities and preparing even more for possible genocide*
USA: Alright, ready for round two?
Tsutomu Yamaguchi:...Bakayarou USA...
@@onlythena9927 USA: Speak English!
Usa peapole are bot human they are NOOBS and the true warcrimes!
@@xXRaMsiisXx bud the thing is would you rather have a prolonged war and a deadly invasion of Japan or 2 vaporized cities
The strangest thing about this story is that those weren't tactical nukes. It may be pedantic but these were as strategic as it gets.
Not by today's standards...
They were strategic nukes. They targeted a city with the biggest nukes they had. Tactical nukes are for targeting units and bases. They were for sure strategic nukes.
The concept of tactical nukes wasn't even born yet when these were dropped.
they were barbaric nukes, attack women and children!
been binging this content for a good week now. digging the style, and the stories are really engaging. keep it up!
My mother, when she heard of this man on a documentary, asked "Do guardian angels get paid overtime?"
His must.
Not if they're late
yep. Billy Minion(s).
"War does not determine who is right, only who is left." - Bertrand Russell
7:32
Uh-huh yamaguchi did you know :
1. Japanese commit mass atrocious on chinese civilians in second sino Japanese war 1937 to 1945
2 Japanese army in China is doing three policy
Kill all. burn all. loot all
3. Japanese army bombing all Chinese cities and Chinese civilians
Lol
@@BayernSupremacy lol
Nah, we can see who’s left and right handed(a joke)
@@Sapphiregamer8605I bet you are single
Hi, it's me. The guy that dropped a comment recommending you do a video on him about 4 years ago. On the only Japanese passenger on the Titanic video. Thank you for doing this. Too few knows the story, and his poetry REALLY tells it. Read his book; don't forget.
Really well done video. Excellent in quality. Great story
imagine surviving the hiroshima bomb only when you come home only to see another one
This may be cold to say, but I find it oddly satisfying that he left his injured boss to his fate just after he gave him a lecture about being late
I would’ve killed him
More like brutal way to say I told u so
karma kills
@@SlavicUnionGamingkarma? shouting at employee = get nuked and die? what are you talking about
You lack empathy
>gets nuked
>goes to work the next day
>explains his injuries and nukes to his boss
>boss thinks he's faking it, argument ensues
>second nuke interrupts argument
>boss begs nuke surviving expert for help
>refuses to elaborate further and leaves
Dude got nuked, went back to work, got nuked again, and survived all of it.
I can't tell if this guy is super lucky or super unlucky
Unlucky to encounter two bombs, but very lucky to survive both.
Yes.
But for real, guy's situation is definitely terrible, yet good at the same time
Dude seemed impervious to bomb blasts.
My dude just built different
japan already surrendered
4:19 Welp, the boss can't call him a liar now
Thank you Simple History of all the hard work that you do. After all the episodes that I've watched, this one was probably one of the saddest. People would question about the usage of the nukes however it was a necessary evil other the war would had dragged on and millions more would die. Yamaguchi had seen it all and its incredible that he lived to 93 years old. May he rest in peace.
There's also his American counterpart in these two atomic bombings, Jacob Beser, he was present onboard both B-29s that dropped the A-Bombs. The fact that he died in 1992, 18 years before Yamaguchi died in 201p
Damn Japanese babies are built differently. He really turned his head a full 180 at 4:54 when dad came in XD.
Exposed to too much radiation
*Heard about this man many times, nice to see SH make a video on him.*
I’ve been to Hiroshima the park and memorial in September 28 2018 it was the experience I will never forget and I love war history but for this man he was a legend survived two nukes and still live 60 years later my heart will always support the Japanese who survived the bombing and not been recognised. ❤
Japanese dedication for work never changed.
“I’ll make you bend the knee in round two like Nagasaki.” Thanos
Does he actually say that!?
@@alm5992 he said it in a video. Source: Erb Thanos vs Oppenheimer.
"What do you mean Hiroshima was wiped out by a single bomb? That's still no excuse to come back without most of your colleagues, covered in burns and badages and you're 5 minutes late. And can someone close those blinds because there's a-"
*1 bomb later*
"I think I spoke too soon."
Yamaguchi: With all due respect. Go eff yourself *climbs out of the window
Nah more like after the bomb “please help oh God the pain it’s too much” followed by the survivor “nah I’m good” *dips*
“If I had a Yen for every time I’ve been nuked I’d have 2 Yen. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.”
When asked how he felt after surviving two nuclear detonations Yamaguchi said: “I’m happy. Really happy. In fact, I’m positively glowing!”
4:55 why does the baby look like a full grown man
Its sadder that statistically the atomic bombs killed less and did less damage than the firebombings. Yet the only time we talk about bombing japan its when we talk about the two atom bombs
That's very true but same time strategic bombing was an excepted form of warfare for most countries back then before guided bombs. The atomic bombs were simply the ultimate and more effective form of strategic bombing. Plus the combination of the atomic bombs and the Soviet pushing the Japanese out of Manchuria saved alot of lives for all involved in the long run. Additionally the Japanese seem to get a lot more sympathy the their German and Soviet counter parts but did just as evil acts like Nanking and the use of Filipino Civilians as Human shields against US Artillery. WW2 was brutal.
So you want more casualties eh? If Invasion of Japan was pulled. The casualties might be as worse as Stalingrad because Japanese People will fight until the bitter end
@@trevisstallins4872 depends on your opinion of events. One thought is that the japanese surrendered after the thought that the atomic bombs where scary, and that little talk over the actual after effects of the bombs showed they knew nothing of the power of atomic weapons.
Another is that since a vast majority of their military was in the south the soviet invasion was unexpected and more dangerous as by the time japan would have properly been able to relocate men and make defenses the soviets would have already taken Hokkido and preparing to invade mainland japan and the thought of being partitioned like germany the Japanese used the atomic bombs as a excuse to surrender under more preferable terms. Especially considering that japan was also trying to make atomic weapons and thus knew of their potential.
Yet another view is that the emperor finally got tired of the infighting between the navy and army and Tojo's ability to take command of his empire and keep him relativly in the dark about the real ongoings of the war he decided to use what power he could to surrender.
Then there is another view that japan wanted it to end that way, as they built a navy specifically made to combat America and a army to specifically fight China, and having the best pilots of the war that the imperial high command wanted to change the asian pacific to be even more western after seeing what the west did in the short amount of time bringing them out of the shogunate to a world power.
Yet another idea was that since the japanese military was based off of Germany that all the problems where because of germany and when pushed back to mainland japan they realized this and had a change of heart.
Its all about ones opinions i suppose. But regardless the deaths of innocents is still a crime whether its for the greater good or not.
There's some truth to what you say. Yes, the fire bombings did a lot more damage than the atom bomb, but the fires could be put out in due time where as radiation (especially in that time) would linger a lot more and be harder to detect and get rid of
@@aminmian7291 the alternative was worse
“What are talking about ?? There is no bomb with an explosion that big…” - Fat Man: “oh I’m about to destroy this man’s whole career…”
the fact that he went to work the next day after surviving a nuke makes him 100x more of a man than i am. i once called out of work because a tow truck was blocking my car on the little street i live on.
Almost got fired for something similar
Drove through the neighbors yard
No. 100x the worker drone possibly.
Who knows, situations like these make and break people.
Wasn’t the next day though right?
Could you guys do a video on the US Atomic Tests in the '50s?
It would cool to see you guys talk about when American nuked her own troops for tests in the event of a real war, as well as the photos of Las Vegas with mushroom clouds in the background.
And they could talk about the baker bomb or make a video all about the Tsar Bomba
And the “Nuke Towns” they built just to blow up.
?
Hhhhhhhhhhh great video
Plainly difficult has a bunch of videos nuclear on tests and accidents
You cannot be any more of a main character
Thank you this video.
5:00 that newborn baby is chest high
B-29 Pilots: "WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO KILL YOU?!?!?!"
- Go to work
- Get bombed
-Go to work
-Get bombed
-Refused to died until 2010
* Insert gigachad picture *
Nagasaki was actually 3rd on the list...
Tokyo was to be next, but the flight pattern and targets were changed due to weather...
Nagasaki was hit with a far more powerful and different bomb than Hiroshima. Had the same fission reaction based bomb fell over Tokyo, the loss of life would have been *FAR* higher. When I was in school, my honors history teacher was a genius. The man obsessed over U.S. history. He showed the class exactly what, when, where, and why things happened as they did. He did so with a heavy heart. Everyone should learn from our history!!!
The target was actually Kokura, not Tokyo.
Tokyo was already reduced to rubble by conventional American bombings before the deployment of nukes, with over 100,000 confirmed deaths. So there would have been no point in dropping another nuke on Tokyo.
Tokyo nuke would be dumb cause thats the capital and where the governments are
I had a boss like that.
Yelling at me over the phone while my wife was in surgery.
How did you deal with it if it's okay to ask?
That man had an instant win in any argument with his boss from that moment on. "Do you want me to bring the nukes back up"
The director: nooo! I have glass shrapnel and severe burns!!! Help meeeeee
This mad lad: No, my family needs me, screw you
And That is why the IJ are Indeed very Evil, yes. Tragically.
...
4:04 why do I get the strong feeling that the boss would have said something like "Just prove to me that a single bomb can do so much damage!"
Famous last words
Everything feels difficult when you're about to level up. Don't quit.
At the time they would be considered a strategic nuclear weapon (designed to destroy cities). A tactical nuke is designed to destroy military bases or individual military units
Out of all the simple history videos I genuinely think this one is the saddest (as it should be)
Are you ukrainian?
Agreed. Nobody deserves to go through what he did.
Eh, end of the war was a happy thing tbf
@@sapiensiski yes but at what cost?
@@Daniel_Plainview_1911 Yeah, this isn't stuff to brush away. It needs to be remembered.
Fortunately for him, his child and wife survived live to tell the horror story
He outlived both
Also stolen comment
They both died
He outlived both of them though? How did this comment get 100+ likes
@@WaterVolt1917 His wife died in 2008
This needs to be a movie.
“Sorry, honey. I’ll be a bit late coming home from work”
“Why?”
“It’s hard to explain”
"WHY ARE YOU LATE FOR WORK?"
"Boss, I literally just got nuked."
"NOT AN EXCUSE!"
B-29: Fat Man got you covered bro
Respect for him
Indeed
I love how casual music is playing over this
dropping a banger
Poor dude, he did not deserve to witness and experience the horrors of the Atomic bombs and still lived to tell the tale.
There were hundreds who lived through both blasts. There was a train that ran from the Hiroshima railway station to Nagasaki.
@MeChupaUnHuevon hopefully you get one too
@MeChupaUnHuevon imagine being ignorant as you
@@truthfully949 Ikr the Chinese may have suffered and died and all but their country isn't irradiated to this day. One could list all nations at WW2, do all of them deserve a nuke?
@MeChupaUnHuevon did you even watch this video? he designed oil transport ships, nothing to do with war. mightve helped the army fuel its trucks but by this time its tank program was practically unsupported by the army and navy. also japan was lacking oil so designing oil transport ships wasn't going to do really anything if they had no access to oil
Very good job fellows!! Congratulations.
Fortunately for him, his child and wife survived live to tell the horror story! In other words, this brave dude is a legend.
Why did you copy Jau RIlley's comment?
@@Ember-vw2ms He didn't he posted an 1 hour before
@@BornInAustraya bro this comment was already posted 8 hours ago by Suublim1t0
you guys are dumb af
The video literally says he outlived both of them....what do you mean by this?
@WaterVolt1917 he died at 92, so it's safe to assume they just died before him due to other reasons.
Weren't those strategic nukes? Great Video!
Yamaguchi Boss: Atomic bomb is not real. He cannot hurt you.
Little Boy: Allow me to introduce myself
He proceeds to create a silver samurai armour and dies fighting wolverine
My God lol
One of the best videos yet.
Despite all this, he lived to tell his tale...
"He jumped in the ditch and survive"
Mud: You're welcome bro
His boss is stupid. “Oh why didn’t you save some of your coworkers when that happened?” Even if he was with them when the bomb drop he wouldn’t have enough time to same most them let alone with the injury’s he would’ve had. Glad karma came to the boss when a bomb dropped near him and he gotten injured. I wonder if he did what he told his employee what he should’ve done when the bomb landed.
This guy is the inspiration for the “Kill your boss” mobile games
Your animation top level I HAVE NO WORDS FOR YOUR ANIMATION 💡😊
I found it interesting, my mothers friend had 'hibakusha' status (ones affected by the atomic bomb) because when her own mother was a child, they were in one of the cities. Even though my mothers friend was far far from being born yet. It was interesting because we don't really think about the future unborn children and grandchildren affected at a glance.
"If i stay in Hiroshima i die"
-Proceed toward Nagasaki...
This guy is nothing short of Legendary.
Which tool is this man? Your videos are wonderful
Dying of kidney and liver failure at 88 saying that it was caused by radiation poisoning 50 years ago seems a bit of leep
"A motherfucking atomic bomb? Youre just making up stuff, go back to work."
"Oh yeah? Wel-"
Tsutomu Yamaguchi was a Japanese marine engineer and a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II. Although at least 70 people are known to have been affected by both bombings, he is the only person to have been officially recognized by the government of Japan as surviving both explosions.
A resident of Nagasaki, Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on business for his employer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries when the city was bombed at 8:15 AM, on 6 August 1945. He returned to Nagasaki the following day and, despite his wounds, he returned to work on 9 August the day of the second atomic bombing. That morning, while he was being told by his supervisor that he was "crazy" after describing how one bomb had destroyed the city, the Nagasaki bomb detonated. In 1957, he was recognized as a hibakusha of the Nagasaki bombing, but it was not until 24 March 2009, that the government of Japan officially recognized his presence in Hiroshima three days earlier. He died of stomach cancer on 4 January 2010, at the age of 93.
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I bet he had the ultimate "I Told You So" to his boss when the bomb in Nagasaki blew up.
that boss ate his words quick damn
I respect this man. He survived life long to tell our generation about what he had seen. imagine that if it repeats again only the'res no victory for war anymore for anyone.
Man, i was watching this on the train on my way to work. I nearly cried man, horrible very horrible.
I've never heard of someone so lucky and unlucky at the same time.
I'm still curious about his boss?
Did he survive?
Irrelevant the work place is destroyed
Sadako Sasaki was one such Hiroshima survivor. When she was a toddler, the bomb, little boy, was dropped on the city.
She and her family survived. Her home was 1 mil from ground zero. Somehow, she survived without a scratch. Ten years after the war, she developed leukemia, as a result of the radiation from little boy
Sasaki was given no less than a year to live. Sasaki's friend, Chizuko Hamamoto, told her the legend of the cranes and she set herself a goal of folding 1,000 of them, which was believed to grant the folder a wish. Although she had plenty of free time during her days in the hospital, Sasaki lacked paper, so she used medicine wrappings and whatever else she could scrounge; including going to other patients' rooms to ask for the paper from their get-well presents. Her best friend, Chizuko, also brought paper from school for Sasaki to use. But stories differ, and some say she died short of her goal, while others say she exceeds her goal
She died at age 12 in 1955. Three years after she died, a statue called the children’s peace monument was unveiled with Sadako holding a paper crane. The plaque reads, “This is our cry. This is our prayer. Peace in the world."
Tsutomu Yamaguchi is a legend
Japan: “we will fight behind every blade of grass and until every last man woman and child has died for the emperor!”
The US: “That can be arranged.”
4:41 Wonder what happened to his boss...