Tsutomu Yamaguchi: Twice at Ground Zero

One man stood at ground zero… twice — and lived to tell the story. His name was Tsutomu

Yamaguchi, a Japanese engineer working for Mitsubishi. On August 6, 1945,

he was in Hiroshima on a business trip when the first atomic bomb exploded. Just three kilometers

from the blast, Yamaguchi was thrown into the air, burned, and temporarily

blinded — but he survived. Despite his injuries, he made the impossible journey home to

Nagasaki. Three days later, on August 9, while explaining the Hiroshima explosion

to his boss, the second atomic bomb detonated over Nagasaki. Once again,

Yamaguchi survived. He lived through radiation sickness, burns, and long-term health