Tsutomu Yamaguchi : The Only Person in the World to Survive Two Atomic Bomb Attacks

Tsutomu Yamaguchi entered the Guinness Book of Records as the only person to survive the two atomic bombs dropped by the USA on Japan.
Hundreds of thousands of people, II. He suffered serious injuries and at least two hundred thousand people lost their lives in the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II. However, only one person survived both atomic bombs.

This person was Tsutomi Yamaguchi and he was included in the Guinness World Records as “The First Person to Survive Both Atomic Bombs.” Let’s take a closer look at this man’s impressive story.

Tsutomu Yamaguchi was there on a business trip when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.

Yamaguchi, his country’s World War II. He felt deep sorrow for his role in World War II. He even considered killing his wife and young son with sleeping pills if Japan lost. It was the last day of his business trip when Hiroshima was bombed on August 6, 1945, and he suddenly saw the sky lit up by a flame.

Yamaguchi threw himself into the nearest irrigation canal and heard the ground roar. Throwing himself into the water saved his life. He said he fainted for a while, and when he came to and looked around, everything was dark. So he went blind.

The only person to survive both atomic bombs

He suffered temporary blindness from the atomic bomb dropped and the explosion ruptured his eardrums. He also had severe radiation burns on his skin. On his way home, he had to face the terrible sights of the city.

When he went to work on August 9, he saw a blinding light emerging from the window again. The shock waves destroyed the windows and the man fell to the ground. Yamaguchi, who was in the conference room under the stairwell at the time, survived the explosion.

When he ran home and checked on his family, he saw that they had only superficial injuries. Yamaguchi, on the other hand, showed high fever, severe hair loss, constant vomiting and other symptoms caused by radiation poisoning.

Despite all that happened, he lived a long life.

After the war, he worked as a translator for the allied occupation forces and became an advocate of nuclear disarmament. He wrote a book of poetry about their experiences. He lived a relatively healthy and long life and died of stomach cancer in 2010 at the age of 93.

A few months before he passed away, he said these words:

“The reason I hate the atomic bomb is because of its impact on human dignity. Why can’t the world persistently understand the pain of nuclear bombs? How can they continue to develop these weapons? I beg you, don’t do it!”