He Survived Hiroshima. Then Got on a Train to Nagasaki. ️

[00:00:01]Imagine surviving the atomic [music] bomb in Hiroshima, then getting on a train, going home, and 3 days later being [music] in Nagasaki when the second atomic bomb exploded.

[00:00:14]It sounds impossible, but it happened to a man named Tsutomu Yamaguchi.

[00:00:20]On August 6th, 1945, [music] Yamaguchi was about to leave Hiroshima and return home to Nagasaki.

[00:00:28]But he realized he had forgotten something at work and turned back.

[00:00:32]Moments [music] later, he looked up and saw a B-29 bomber overhead.

[00:00:37]Then the sky turned white.

[00:00:39]The atomic bomb exploded less than 3 km away.

[00:00:43]The blast burned him, ruptured his eardrums, and threw him to the ground.

[00:00:49]But somehow, he survived.

[00:00:52]The next day, despite his injuries, he boarded a train and returned home to Nagasaki.

[00:00:58]3 days later, he was back at work describing the destruction he had witnessed in Hiroshima.

[00:01:04]Then it happened again.

[00:01:06]The room suddenly flashed white.

[00:01:08]A second atomic bomb had exploded over Nagasaki.

[00:01:12]Yamaguchi survived for the second time.

[00:01:16]He spent the rest of his life speaking about the horrors of nuclear weapons and making sure the world never forgot what happened.

[00:01:23]Two atomic bombs, two cities, 3 days apart, one unforgettable survivor.

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