Effects of Atomic Bomb
When the crew of the Engola Gay took off just before dawn on the morning of August 6, 1945, they carried with them a cargo that would change history and the lives of millions. The bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima, and the attack on Nagasaki three days later, brought World War II to a staggering end. While these attacks brought peace, they were also two of the worst human-caused disasters, causing millions of lives to be put in jeopardy. Millions of children were born with abnormalities, people lost their families and homes, total cities were wiped out. These bombs caused massive destruction and will be remembered for eternity. Fujio Tsujimoto was a five year old Japanese boy. He was at school on August 6, 1945 playing with his classmates on the playground, when a plane flew overhead. He and his grandmother dove deepest into a nearby shelter just as Fujio saw a bright FLASH and was thrown against the wall of the shelter. After a while he looked up out of the shelter to see bodies lying everywhere, most of which were dead. The wounded that could move pulled themselves into the shelter, as it filled quickly. His brothers and sisters soon found their way into the shelter, and eventually so did his mother. But his
Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts, Of deaths put on by cunning and forc'd cause, Many people who lived through the bombing were discriminated against for the rest of their lives. They were called "hibakushas", which meant bomb survivor. One lady even lost her fiance to such discrimination 2. Ronald Takaki, Hiroshima, Why America Dropped the Bomb (New York: United States Press, 1995), 10. Some people were unable to get jobs while their children had to be sent to special schools, just because they were bomb survivors. Or it could possibly be that they were scarred for life and their children were mentally retarded, or with some other kind of disability. The survivors of the bombs faced many losses and problems. Some lived with disfigurement, pain, and psychological fears about their futures for the rest of their lives. Also, since they were most often sick, they had trouble earning a living to keep their families healthy. The radiation extracted from the bombs affected the cells of the victims' blood and other vital organs within their bodies. A number of people lost their hair. People with no visible injuries would suddenly become weak, tired, get diarrhea, and sudden outbreaks of purple and red splotches on their skin. In the worse cases, people just died. (Takaki, 28). And let me speak to the yet unknowing world
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