Overseas Network2015-07-30 10:49:32
According to the British "Daily Mail" on July 30, on August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, instantly taking the lives of at least 70,000 people and changing the course of history. Nearly 70 years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, only a few witnesses are still alive. The elderly, who are now in their 70s and 80s, tell the story of a purgatory on earth on the day the atomic bomb was dropped in a documentary by the British Independent Television.
When it explodes, the glare is like X-rays, and the bones of the fingers are clearly visible
The 76-year-old was just 7 years old when the atomic bomb was dropped while he was playing hide-and-seek with friends. "It was my turn to look for a hidden partner," he recalled. I start counting from 1, and when I count to 7, there is a flash in the sky. I've never seen that pure white light. ”
"When the light hit, I saw the bones of my fingers, it was like looking at X-rays. The loud noise almost tore my skull apart. I can't remember what happened for a long time after that. ”
When he woke up, he said, he found himself in the dark. "You can't see your hands, and you can't move, and then you can feel the heat. My best friend cried out at me: 'Long, it's too hot, help me, save me.' And I couldn't move. It is reported that most of Tanemori's classmates were unfortunately killed, and he was pulled out of the burning rubble by a soldier.
Tetsushi Yonezawa was one of 14 people who survived within 750 meters of the atomic bomb's epicenter depth. At the time of the incident, he was 11 years old and his mother were in a tram. The 2 people survived being squeezed inside by other passengers, who were also the only survivors of the tram.
Yonezawa said: "My mother and I were not very injured because we were surrounded by other people. I hit my head during the atomic bomb and didn't notice anyone else at the time. ”
On the day the atomic bomb was dropped, Hiroshima was cloudless, and the explosion was instantly thrown into the air
Seiko Sasaki, 83, remembers every moment when the atomic bomb was dropped, as if it had happened yesterday. She said: "I looked at the sky and saw the plane. On that day, Hiroshima was cloudless, and it was a clear blue sky. Airplanes are very dazzling. The plane she saw was none other than the Enola Gay bomber that dropped the atomic bomb.
When 13-year-old Mori regained consciousness, he found himself on the street, and the scene around him was terrifying. "The first thing I saw was what I saw in front of me. People move very slowly. Their skin was falling off, burning, and some were bleeding profusely. When I see myself, I see like a monster: huge eyes, no eyebrows, pink skin, lips up and down. Can you imagine? Like a monster. ”
Thurlow, who was in middle school at the time, had similar horror memories as he recalled the scene where the atomic bomb was dropped. "My whole body was thrown into the air. The explosion was like a tornado, and all the buildings were razed to the ground. When I regained consciousness, I found myself buried under a collapsed building, surrounded by darkness and silence. I was thinking, I'm going to die. ”
Seelo described that after witnessing a mass death, as night fell, he and the other survivors sat on the hill, not feeling anything but quietly watching the entire city burn.
It is reported that the "little boy" atomic bomb dropped by the US military destroyed an area of Hiroshima by 5 square miles and killed 70,000 people on the spot. The final death toll was statistically 135,000.