The city of Hiroshima is a modern day metropolitan area. The history of this city was a dark and dreary one. 70 years, this modernized city was devastated by an attack that went down in history. On August 6, 1945 the United States of America, dropped a bomb on the city of Hiroshima. “A device that harnesses the basic power of the universe.” This is how Truman described the atomic bomb. This was a machine that left a catastrophic effect on the people of Hiroshima. Even though there was instant death to thousands of people, the aftermath of the bomb was devastating. Over a thousand victims died an instant death when the bomb dropped. The population that survived suffered from the cruel crisis that followed after. Majority of the citizens of developed radiation poisoning due to bomb. Ten thousand had 4th degree burns on their bodies by atomic radiation. There was a fire after the blast that lasted for four days. The smoke from the
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Young children were selected to come once or twice a year for a medical checkup. These Children were used to research the effects of radiation on the human body. There was a delayed reaction to the radiation that occurred ten years later. An estimate amount of thirty children that were in the womb at 15 to 16 weeks. About half of these children developed mental retardation and 19 that were 2100 meters developed leukemia before the age of nineteen. The scientist at the Atomic Bomb Casualty Committee studied the citizens of Hiroshima for years. There was no move to try and save the lives of these individuals. Many of the bomb victims were known as hibakusha, and they were judged for marrying the people that they loved. Either it was because their features were distorted from the burns on their body was disfigured from the blast. Some female was shunned away from marriage because they couldn’t have a “normal” child due the
Young children were selected to come once or twice a year for a medical checkup. These Children were used to research the effects of radiation on the human body. There was a delayed reaction to the radiation that occurred ten years later. An estimate amount of thirty children that were in the womb at 15 to 16 weeks. About half of these children developed mental retardation and 19 that were 2100 meters developed leukemia before the age of nineteen. The scientist at the Atomic Bomb Casualty Committee studied the citizens of Hiroshima for years. There was no move to try and save the lives of these individuals. Many of the bomb victims were known as hibakusha, and they were judged for marrying the people that they loved. Either it was because their features were distorted from the burns on their body was disfigured from the blast. Some female was shunned away from marriage because they couldn’t have a “normal” child due the