Tuesday, March 31, 2009

What does Tsutomu Yamaguchi look like?


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Why: He is the only known survivor of both atomic bomb attacks on Japan, in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945 and in Nagasaki 3 days later. The first explosion destroyed his eardrums, blinded him temporarily, and left him with serious burns over the left side of the top half of his body.

Answer: Like this:


Source: Wikipedia

The More You Know: He is now fighting cancer - possibly because of double radiation exposure, or possibly because he's 93 years old. Either way, he is an active anti-nuclear protester.

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