Getting blasted into ashes on a regular sunny Monday morning is not something people expect to happen in their normal daily lives, but that is exactly what happened “in August 6, 1945” (History.com) in the city of Hiroshima. Lives of men, women, children, and basically any living thing close enough were lost from the great impact of the powerful machine. The city was destroyed and filled with radiation from the Atomic Bomb released by “a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay” (osti.gov). “The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure” (History.com). This event in history was very devastating for the people in Japan, and not only were lives destroyed,
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“Those closest to the explosion died instantly, their bodies turned to black char. Nearby birds burst into flames in mid-air, and dry, combustible materials such as paper instantly ignited as far away as 6,400 feet from ground zero” (osti.gov). All of this destruction occurred in only just a few seconds during the explosion of the bomb. A video in History.com titled “Coroner’s Report: The Atomic Bomb” describes the impact that the atomic bomb had on the people in Hiroshima. Shiya Ribowsky, forensic Medical Investigator, is the speaker in the video, and he talks about how the bombing impacted the people living in the city. He compared the bomb’s energy to being dropped into the center of the sun and a radiation equivalent to receiving thousands and thousands of chest x-rays. Ribowsky explained that the radiation was so strong it even caused your vital functions to slow down or even stop. Even if you had a low exposure to the radiation, Ribowsky guaranteed that they were going to have cancer or even many kinds of cancer in the next few years. The flash that the bomb ignited was so full of energy that it made anything that its light touched, immediately catch on fire. In the few seconds that the bomb exploded, thousands of people were turned into practically ash, which made it hard to know exactly how many people really died during the tremendous energy the explosion of the bomb
“Those closest to the explosion died instantly, their bodies turned to black char. Nearby birds burst into flames in mid-air, and dry, combustible materials such as paper instantly ignited as far away as 6,400 feet from ground zero” (osti.gov). All of this destruction occurred in only just a few seconds during the explosion of the bomb. A video in History.com titled “Coroner’s Report: The Atomic Bomb” describes the impact that the atomic bomb had on the people in Hiroshima. Shiya Ribowsky, forensic Medical Investigator, is the speaker in the video, and he talks about how the bombing impacted the people living in the city. He compared the bomb’s energy to being dropped into the center of the sun and a radiation equivalent to receiving thousands and thousands of chest x-rays. Ribowsky explained that the radiation was so strong it even caused your vital functions to slow down or even stop. Even if you had a low exposure to the radiation, Ribowsky guaranteed that they were going to have cancer or even many kinds of cancer in the next few years. The flash that the bomb ignited was so full of energy that it made anything that its light touched, immediately catch on fire. In the few seconds that the bomb exploded, thousands of people were turned into practically ash, which made it hard to know exactly how many people really died during the tremendous energy the explosion of the bomb