World Reportwww.thelancet.comVol 386 August 1, 2015 417Hiroshima survivors rememberAhead of the 70th anniversary of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, three survivors recount their memories of that day and their health experiences since. Justin McCurry reports.Sunao Tsuboi’s facial scars are proof enough of his status as a witness to the horrors of the fi rst nuclear attack in history. But, as if to clear up any lingering doubt, he begins speaking to The Lancet by summarising his medical history: 40 days’ lying unconscious, a year of immobility, numerous stays in hospital, and three close encounters with death.At 90 years of age, Tsuboi is pre-paring to mark 70 years to the day that the USA dropped Little Boy, a 15-kiloton nuclear bomb, on his hometown of Hiroshima on the morning of Aug 6, 1945. Between 60 000 and 80 000 people were killed instantly; in the months that followed the death toll rose to 140 000
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