Up, burned black, bleeding. Parts of the bodies were missing. The skin and flesh were hanging from the bones. And some carrying their own eyeballs, hanging from the eye socket. And they collapsed on to the ground, their stomach burst and their intestine stretching out. You girls escape to the nihearb hill. Thats what we did, by stepping over the dead bodies, injured bodies. It was a strange situation. Nobody was running and screaming for help. They just didnt have that kind of strength left. Simply whispering. Everybody was asking for water. We girls were relatively lightly injured. By the time we got to the hillside, we went to the nearby stream and washed off the blood and dirt and we took off the gloves and soaked them in the stream and dashed back and put them to hold them over the mouth of the dying people. You see, the place we escaped to had the military training ground, huge place, about the size of two football fields. The place was packed with dead and dying people. We wanted
My mother used every material, newspaper, everything to use as a diaper. But that was one way of dying. Radiation works in mysterious and random ways. Some automatically, some a week later, some months later. 71 the horrible thing is, years later, people are still dying from the effects of the radiation. Now, hibakushas in other words, survivors survivors struggled in the aftermath. Surviving in unprecedented catastrophic horror. And the unprecedented sociopolitical chaos due to japans defeat and Occupation Forces strict control over us. If i start giving details of that, that would take the whole morning. Maybe i will stop. But struggle in the aftermath was very difficult. Japan to university in upon my graduation, i was offered a scholarship. I came to virginia, very close to the city. That was 1954. The United States tested the biggest Hydrogen Bomb in the South Pacific at the time, creating that kind of situation, of the hiroshimanagasaki experience. Japan was up in arms. The Unite
Cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] next, a survivor of hiroshima will talk about her experience. Then, a conversation on u. S. Israel relations. The middle rice on east. On monday, the arms control seemaation honored a hero heroes she must survivor. She spoke about her experience an atomic after bombing and how it influenced her life and work ever since. This is about one hour. Good morning, everyone. Welcome. We are very pleased to see so many of you here today. Reporters. For support and contribution of members is what makes our work possible. Thank you very much for all you do for us. We could not be heard today without you. I also want to welcome those of you watching on cspan today following the annual meeting for the next few hours. You can find out more about the Arms Control Association, about our news and information and analysis that we provide ab
To share my experience and more in the world. This is just the beginning of the nuclear arms race. I just have to warn the world. Beginning. The reminded of my time. I think i explained briefly why i have been doing what i have been doing. Life, i have been speaking at high schools, universities. Anywhere people want to learn what it means to be the nuclear age. From my perspective, i know the government says one thing, but this is what i feel. I suggest it is time to stop. So thank you very much. [applause] thank you very much. Always, forving, as us to hear these stories from hiroshima and nagasaki, as well. S radiation victims down windows, South Pacific kazakhstan,nd because they continue to suffer radiation poisoning around the world. I will open it up for questions now. I will post the first question to get the ball rolling. Minutes tout 25 continue discussion. First of all, give us a sense of how you came from virginia, where i am so glad that you were determined to speak truth
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