Thursday, September 21, 2017

Dying boys who were burned their whole body by the Nagasaki atomic bomb could arrive at the train station on the hand carts.

長崎原子爆弾が炸裂した爆心地から北方約3.6kmの道ノ尾駅が、長崎市内が壊滅して長崎本線の終点となった。翌日の1945年8月10日の午後2時頃には、駅周辺には次々に搬入された膨大な被爆者や死傷者が集結した。約5〜6kmも長崎市内から被爆して全身を火傷した瀕死の少年たちがリヤカー上でやっと道ノ駅まで辿りついた。

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The boy was admitted to a hospital in Nagasaki after the atomic bombing. Even five months after the explosion on August 9, 1945, he was still suffering from severe burns and keloids (Bring Back the Human Being, 1982).

    The boy was admitted to a hospital in Nagasaki after the atomic bombing. Even five months after the explosion on August 9, 1945, he suff...