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.
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“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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In my book, surviving 2 atomic bomb blasts is GOOD luck.
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
However... it does remind me of Japanese monster movies where the giant rubber beast survives nuclear bombs...
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.
A man who survived two American A-Bombs is lucky - not unlucky.