The Experience Survivors Had
The victims from the Hiroshima atomic bomb are called the Hibakusha in Japanese. The hibakusha have many dramatic stories to tell, near death moments and the family they have lost.
"I saw a bright blast, and I saw yellow, silver, orange and all sorts of colors of that I can't explain. Those colors came and attacked us, and the ceiling beams of the wooden school along with the glass from the window pane shattered and blew away all at once" - Michiko Kodama a hibakusha.
It happened on a day with clear blue sky. It was a sunny beautiful humid day. But as soon as the bomb had been dropped it wasn't a pretty sight for anyone. People left shadows because of the blinding light and some people close to it evaporated. It also let some kimono marks on their skin. Many people struggled their way to the river for water. On the ground there were people dead, burnt or badly injured. There were fire everywhere and were spreading to house to house. Shards of glass were stuck on their skin. Some were trapped under houses. Even if people did live through the bombing the radiation can cause them later in the years and affected by leukemia or any other sickness. Sadako was one of them.
"I saw a bright blast, and I saw yellow, silver, orange and all sorts of colors of that I can't explain. Those colors came and attacked us, and the ceiling beams of the wooden school along with the glass from the window pane shattered and blew away all at once" - Michiko Kodama a hibakusha.
It happened on a day with clear blue sky. It was a sunny beautiful humid day. But as soon as the bomb had been dropped it wasn't a pretty sight for anyone. People left shadows because of the blinding light and some people close to it evaporated. It also let some kimono marks on their skin. Many people struggled their way to the river for water. On the ground there were people dead, burnt or badly injured. There were fire everywhere and were spreading to house to house. Shards of glass were stuck on their skin. Some were trapped under houses. Even if people did live through the bombing the radiation can cause them later in the years and affected by leukemia or any other sickness. Sadako was one of them.
Sadako And 1,000 Paper Cranes
Sadako Sasaki was living a normal life. She was energetic, happy, and healthy. The bomb didn't affect her. But one day she didn't feel very good and felt dizzy. The doctors found that she has leukemia. Even if the bomb was dropped 12 years ago she was still effected by radiation poisoning. She was devastated. Sadako gained her confidence back by her friend and paper cranes. Paper cranes were told that if a sick person fold 1,000 paper cranes the gods will grant her one wish. She died on October 25, 1955. At the end she didn't get to finish her 1,000 cranes but her classmates finished her 356 cranes left and buried the 1,000 with her. Some of Sadako's friends thought of building a monument for her and many other children who have suffered. In 1958 there dreams came true and it unveiled in the Hiroshima peace park.
"This our cry, this is our prayer; peace in the world" - a wish by The Folded Crane Club member. |