![]() Ogura established Hiroshima Interpreters for Peace in 1984 to translate survivors’ stories, including her own. Remembering the atomic bombing and how she survived is painful, but Keiko Ogura is determined to keep telling her stories as she organizes English guided tours for foreign visitors at Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park. Here are some of the stories of survivors interviewed by The Associated Press. They are desperate to rid the world of nuclear bombs and share with the young the first-hand horror they witnessed on Aug. Some watched as loved ones died, one by one, because of radiation from the bombing, and wondered - Am I next?Īs they grow old - their average age now exceeds 83 - many now feel an extreme urgency. Some harbored thoughts of revenge in their hearts. Many in Japan believed radiation sickness is infectious or hereditary. The survivors have also lived for decades with lingering shame, anger and fear. HIROSHIMA - The atomic bomb that exploded over Hiroshima 75 years ago didn’t just kill and maim. In this image made from video released by Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan, Keiko Ogura, an atomic bombing survivor, speaks during a video press conference from Hiroshima, last month
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