White Light\Black Rain: The Destruction Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki Page #2
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as he died.
My mother told my brother,
''l will die with you.''
Luckily,
a neighbor came by
and pulled her away.
He said, ''Please,
Mrs. Nakazawa,
you can't die with them!''
We walked out
onto the playground
lt was a sea of fire.
All Hiroshima was burning.
There was no escape,
except to the river.
The flames were
jumping at us
so l put my head
underwater.
The river was full
of dead bodies.
We stayed there
and watched
the city burn.
When the hysteria
died down,
l realized my skin
was dangling
off my arm
and the clothes on
my back were gone.
l said, ''l'm burned''
With all my might
l tried to get up,
but l couldn't stand,
much less walk.
Someone carried me
on his back
and laid me down
under a tree.
All around me,
people were dying.
They told us their names.
and asked us to
contact their families.
Then they asked
for water
and they died.
The children were crying.
Even though their
parents were dead,
they still cried
for their mothers
''Mama,
please give me water!''
Then they'd fall over
and suddenly
they were silent.
That's how l killed
two people.
l gave them water
and they died.
You can't drink
it that fast
when you're completely
dehydrated.
The body gives out.
But l didn't know that.
As l was getting the water,
black rain started falling.
lt covered everything,
turning everything black.
Of course, we didn't know
it was radioactive.
l wanted water
so badly,
but l couldn't speak.
When night came,
it drizzled.
So l licked the water
off the tree and fell asleep.
The next morning,
there was no one alive
around me.
Back then,
during the war,
we had water tanks
for putting out fires.
One after another,
people piled in
to escape the fire.
The tanks were
stuffed with bodies.
l can't describe
what l witnessed.
l don't have the words.
lt's like,
when you burn
a fish on the grill.
That's what they
looked like
to me, as a child.
The boy's face
was swollen.
His eyes were gone.
His body was
completely burned.
His skin was shredded
and falling off.
l couldn't believe
it was my brother.
We used a wooden door
for a stretcher
and looked for help.
My mother tried
to comfort him.
My brother
was fortunate because
he got to hear
my mother's voice
before he went
to heaven.
l found the bones
of two people--
my mother
and my grandmother.
Also, my older sister.
My little brother
and a little sister
and one more brother.
l'm the only one who lived.
We were all Catholics.
Ours was the biggest
Christian church in Asia.
How could they
drop the bomb on us?
lf there's a God...
lt was difficult
to identify the bodies.
As we searched,
we cried, ''Mommy!''
l saw two burnt bodies,
not too far away.
l saw that one of the bodies
had holes where
the eyes should be
and one gold tooth.
My mother had one gold tooth,
so l knew it was her.
''Hurry, l found her!''
l yelled to my sister
My sister said,
''l'm too scared!''
l said, ''Come here now!''
So my sister ran over
Together we looked
at the body
We reached out
and said, ''Mommy!''
Before our eyes,
it crumbled into ashes
''Mommy!''
The only things that moved
in Hiroshima were the flies
circling over the dead.
A godforsaken place
covered with dead bodies.
At first, you feel
completely overwhelmed.
Then you become numb
and you can't feel anything.
One after another,
they died.
At first,
hardly anyone survived.
We needed to make room
for those who could
be saved.
l walked among
all the dead bodies
looking for someone
who was alive.
Our faces were swollen
and bandaged.
but there were
so many people.
She walked through
the entire place
whispering my name
in people's ears.
Finally she found me.
This is what l looked like
after they took off
the bandages
and the bleeding stopped.
l regained consciousness.
You see my burned
and infected body.
They had to pull
the bandages
off and on regularly.
The pain was so intense,
l'd pass out.
The worst thing
was the maggots
eating my flesh.
That was pure hell.
The patients
in the hospital
both the adults
and the children
would hear the nurses
coming down the hall
and as they approached
everyone would beg
to be killed.
lt hurt so much.
l lay in bed immobile
for 21 months.
l developed wounds
from the bed sores.
Also on the side
of my face.
These are my ribs.
You can see my heart beating
between the ribs.
The heat rays melted my arm
and my skin was hanging down.
My back was burned
all the way down.
lt hurt everywhere.
They ripped the gauze
off my back,
l tried to bear the pain
but at that moment
to kill me.
Everyday, the pain
was unbearable.
was dying.
The doctors were clueless
about how to treat me.
They still don't know.
After a year and a half,
l left the hospital.
They drove me
to the train station.
The station was crowded
with people.
Suddenly, they noticed
my burnt face.
They all stared
at me with horror.
l didn't have the
courage to stare back.
l just looked down
and cried.
l hid in a corner
until the train arrived.
l cried the entire
When l got home,
l wouldn't leave the house.
l wouldn't go outside, ever!
l told my mother
As l cried, my mother
looked away.
She just ignored me.
When my crying
turned into a whimper,
she swooped in
next to me.
She said, ''lf it makes you feel better
to cry, then cry all you want.''
''Mommy will be by your side
no matter what happens.''
l think it was her love
that saved me.
But then
people who should've been
getting better
came down with
''atomic bomb disease.''
No doctor had
seen this before.
l had a high fever
but there was
no treatment for it.
On the outside,
people looked normal
but they were very lethargic.
l'd collapse,
lose consciousness.
Everything became blurry
and l'd faint.
There were many
strange symptoms--
hair loss, bleeding,
purple spots.
People said that we
had some kind
of contagious disease.
No one would
come near us.
So many health problems.
from my gums.
A life of sickness.
Tens of thousands got sick.
And they were dying,
left and right.
We didn't know what it was.
For a doctor,
it's frightening
not to know
what you're treating.
My sister, Kuniko, was 1 3.
Her gums were bleeding.
All of her hair fell out.
Her body was covered
with purple spots.
She was writhing in pain.
After the bomb,
she seemed fine,
so we didn't understand
what was happening to her.
Then she died.
lt was me who convinced
my parents
that the family should
be together in Nagasaki.
A few months later
they were dead.
My siblings never
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