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Thursday, August 6, 2020

A Day To Never Forget

A visitor prays at the cenotaph for the atomic bombing victims near Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, western Japan Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. The city of Hiroshima on Thursday, Aug. 6 marks the 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing.

'Year I Would Like to Forget': Hiroshima Survivor Opens Up on 75th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing

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This year marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On the eve of the anniversary, a Sputnik correspondent visited Hiroshima, a city that was almost completely destroyed in just 10 seconds at 8:15 a.m. on 6 August 1945.
Being in Hiroshima is very exciting not only because the city reminds one of a terrible tragedy. Today, the average age of the Hibakusha (people affected by the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) is 84. It's believed that there are about 130,000 Hibakusha left throughout Japan.

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