Hiroshima, a book by John Hersey, contained details of six people who were part of the people who had survived the nuclear bombing that occurred on Monday August 6, 1945. It was a disastrous morning that claimed the lives of so many people. Dr. Masakazu Fujii, was in his private hospital reading a magazine when the bomb went off. He was flung into the river and squeezed in between two large timbers. Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura who had just fed her three children was the closest to the bomb site. She was 1,350 yards from the explosion site. Right after the explosion she found herself in another room, she panicked and started looking for her children who had been buried underneath the rubble. Fortunately, her children were unhurt but a little shook from the impact of the explosion. Father Wilhelm Kliensorge, a German …show more content…
The atomic bomb was 20,000 times more powerful than the blast power of the British grand slam, it was the largest bomb ever used in history. Eventually, the chaos reduced and so did Dr. Sasaki’s workload. The remaining nurses and hospital attendants were able to start to remove corpses for cremations and enshrinement, following the Japanese culture. Hiroshima later accepted defeat and decided to affect a settlement of the present situations by resorting to extraordinary measure as said by Emperor Tenno. Some days after the surrender, radiation had affected most of the remaining survivors. Father Kleinsorge’s wounds opened even wider and stopped healing, while Mrs. Nakamuras’ hair started to fall out. Mr. Tanimoto became sick and Mrs. Sasaki remained in vigorous pain at the Red cross hospital, under the care of Dr. Sasaki who had taken a liking to her because they bore the same last names. Later a better government was built under the Allied Military government direction and Hiroshima became reconstructed.