Personal Accounts

Follow the links to the three testimonies of atomic bomb survivors and answer the questions below.

Testimony of Hiroshi Sawachika

1.) Who is Mr. Sawachika?

2.) What is the hypocenter?

3.) How many patients did he treat on the day of the bombing?

4.) What lessons did he learn that day?

 

Testimony of Akira Onogi

1.) Who is Mr. Onogi?

2.) Why was Mr. Onogi spared from harsh physical trauma as a result from the A-bomb?

3.) Why do you think the rain that day was black?

4.) What psychological affects did Mr. Onogi speak of that affected him long after the bombing?

 

Testimony of Akiko Takakura

1.) Who is Ms. Takakura?

2.) Where was she when the bomb was dropped?

3.) Why were the rain drops painful?

4.) How did the fire affect the aftermath?

 

Source: http://www.inicom.com/hibakusha/

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