Double A-bomb Survivor

Posted by Miss Cellania in Odd News on March 25, 2009 at 1:42 am


Do you ever think bad luck follows you around? Tsutomu Yamaguchi was on a business trip to Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945 when the US dropped the first atomic bomb on the city. He suffered serious burns and stayed overnight before going home -to Nagasaki. Now 93 years old, Yamaguchi has been certified as the only person to survive both atomic bombs.

“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.”

Certification qualifies survivors for government compensation — including monthly allowances, free medical checkups and funeral costs — but Mr. Yamaguchi’s compensation will not increase, Mr. Miyamoto said.

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12 comments to "Double A-bomb Survivor"

  1. Cpt. Amazing
    March 25th, 2009 at 7:19 am

    pfffft...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

  2. SenorMysterioso
    March 25th, 2009 at 9:08 am

    wow

  3. sixsigmasuck
    March 25th, 2009 at 9:40 am

    "Do you ever think bad luck follows you around?"

    In my book, surviving 2 atomic bomb blasts is GOOD luck.

  4. Johnny Cat
    March 25th, 2009 at 10:52 am

    I would think the US had a vendetta against me.

  5. Gail Pink
    March 25th, 2009 at 11:20 am

    That is the most insane thing I ever heard. Poor guy - but hey he's ended up living a loooong time!

  6. TB
    March 25th, 2009 at 1:39 pm

    Unlucky my ass ... this guy got nuked TWICE, and he's still walking around?

  7. Ali S.
    March 25th, 2009 at 3:20 pm

    Egads.

  8. Jigore
    March 25th, 2009 at 6:49 pm

    This guys is without a doubt the toughest man alive.
    He survive a atomic blast with major burns, they get back home to be blown again.
    I doubt that even chuck norris can survive a duo of nuclear bomb

  9. Nicholas Dollak
    March 26th, 2009 at 6:45 am

    @ Jigore - Beat me to the Chuck Norris reference!

    However... it does remind me of Japanese monster movies where the giant rubber beast survives nuclear bombs...

  10. I'm an expert
    April 6th, 2009 at 7:36 pm

    The second one was indirect, he was only exposed to the radiation whe searching

  11. dude
    April 16th, 2009 at 6:32 pm

    interesting...

    Another interesting story that I heard is about a group of priests that survived the hiroshima blast, read more here: http://holysouls.com/sar/rosarymiracle.htm

    I remember a while back seing an old video interview with one of the priest talking about it.

  12. Matt
    April 26th, 2009 at 2:26 pm

    I agree with a previous entry.

    A man who survived two American A-Bombs is lucky - not unlucky.


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