Sidequests
The Man Who Survived Both Atomic Bombs
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On August 6, 1945, Tsutomu Yamaguchi was walking through Hiroshima when the first atomic bomb detonated. He survived — burned, his eardrums ruptured, temporarily blind. Three days later, still bandaged, he reported to work in Nagasaki. At 11:02 AM on August 9, the sky lit up again. This episode of Sidequests tells the story of the only person officially recognized as a survivor of both atomic…