Japanese man certified as double A-bomb victim

[Coventina]

Source: Associated Press

TOKYO (AP) — A 93-year-old Japanese man has become the first person certified as a survivor of both U.S. atomic bombings at the end of World War II, officials said Tuesday.

Tsutomu Yamaguchi had already been a certified "hibakusha," or radiation survivor, of the Aug. 9, 1945, atomic bombing in Nagasaki, but has now been confirmed as surviving the attack on Hiroshima three days earlier as well, city officials said.

Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a business trip on Aug. 6, 1945, when a U.S. B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on the city. He suffered serious burns to his upper body and spent the night in the city. He then returned to his hometown of Nagasaki just in time for the second attack, city officials said.

"As far as we know, he is the first one to be officially recognized as a survivor of atomic bombings in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki," Nagasaki city official Toshiro Miyamoto said. "It's such an unfortunate case, but it is possible that there are more people like him."



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[hendo]

1. Damn, talk about bad luck. NT

[cobalt1999]

3. Or you could call it good luck.

He survived TWO Atomic Bombs and lived to be 95. He was either very unlucky or very lucky.

[hendo]

4. I suppose so, yeah. NT

[Ian David]

6. He's also grown to fifty feet tall. n/t

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

7. And turned blue.

[Javaman]

11. But still has serious relationship problems...

;)

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

12. Does he also walk around buck naked? nt

[Javaman]

13. Well, it is all about his new career as a alpha centurian porn star, after all. nt

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

14. .

:thumbsup:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

19. But girls DO dig his tattoo.

It's a symbol he respects.

[dysfunctional press]

26. before there was ever a dr. manhattan, there was...

the amazing colossal man.

[babylonsister]

2. Oh my gosh. That's astounding. Talk about

wrong place(s), wrong time. What were the odds?!

[Nickster]

5. Talk about having a bad week. Geez.

[onehandle]

8. Yeah, but 300 million Americans survived TWO Bush terms.

Except for the thousands he failed to protect on 9/11 and the thousands he sent to death in Iraq.

So, two nuke attacks and no super-powers? Comic books lied to us.

Good for him for surviving the madness of war.

[arcos]

9. I've got news for you...

The whole world had to endure two Bush terms. And most of us, never even got the chance to vote, as (most) Americans did.

[Posteritatis]

15. Why am I not surprised someone turned this into a Bush-related pissing contest? (nt)

[ShortnFiery]

10. He couldn't have been to close to the area of impact - most everything was vaporized.

:(

[LeftHander]

16. Horrible...reminds me of old nightmares....nt

[alfredo]

17. If he is the same person I think it is, he is a famous kite maker. He

got home to his kite shop in enough time to herd his family into the cellar. What also makes his story even more fantastic was the fact that the cloud cover caused the bombardier to miss his target. If he had hit where he was supposed to, the kite shop would have been at ground zero.

Here's an example of his design, a design copied world wide.

[uppityperson]

20. Thank you and Op for this article. Incredible.

He is a very lucky man.

[alfredo]

21. yes he is. He also proves that we can survive the worst.

[WriteDown]

18. Double secret radiation!!!

Darn those guys at the Gamma house!

[BreweryYardRat]

22. Gah.

And I thought I was a walking target for Murphy's Law. Poor bastard.

[Uncle Joe]

23. I'm happy he survived to an old age,

too many people from those years didn't.

[Gregorian]

24. So Mister Magoo was Japanese!

That would be Tsutomu YaMAGUchi.

Actually, it's pretty damned tragic.

[mrbarber]

25. Not mentioned in the article:

Yamaguchi has developed mutant powers and has recently been seen fighting alongside the X-Men.