'Lucky' Yamaguchi, the man who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs, dies aged 93

Daily Mail ^ | January 6, 2010 | Wil Longbottom

[bogusname]

Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person officially recognised as a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings at the end of World War II, has died at the age of 93. Mr Yamaguchi, known as 'Lucky', was in Hiroshima on a business trip for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on August 6, 1945, when a U.S. B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on the city. He suffered serious burns to his upper body as well as temporary blindness and spent the night in the city. He then returned to his hometown of Nagasaki, about 190 miles to the southwest, which suffered a second U.S. atomic bomb attack just three days later. On August 15, 1945, Japan surrended - ending the war. Mr Yamaguchi died on Monday morning from stomach cancer, according to Japanese newspapers. It is not clear if the cancer is related to his exposure to radiation...

[bogusname]

I wouldn't exactly call him lucky.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[null and void]

I wouldn't exactly call him lucky.

yeah. that would be a bogus name...

[TheRealDBear]

Cracked's Most Bizarrely Unlucky People to Have Ever Lived

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

He later became the creature known as "Godzilla."
(Cue that "eeeiiiinnnuhhhuuddd" noise that Godzilla makes)

[cubreporter]

You wouldn’t? Surviving those blasts and living to 93 years old? I would say he was VERY LUCKY.

[Ditter]

He is luckier than Lucky the 3 legged dog.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

The guy is lucky. He suffered burns and most likely radiation sickness from the explosions.

[Williams]

He was 93 and they want to speculate that his cancer was caused by the atom bombs?

[mtnjimmi]

I agree most of us will not live to see 93.

[eldoradude]

age of 93...

Mr Yamaguchi died on Monday morning from stomach cancer, according to Japanese newspapers. It is not clear if the cancer is related to his exposure to radiation...

Hmmm. He was 93 and August 1945 was over 64 years ago.

Maybe he was a smoker and that's what caused it.../s

[lonestar]

“Lucky” gives new meaning to being in the wrong place at the wrong time!

[bogusname]

Ditto!

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Mrs. "Lucky"? (snort)

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

Back then, had no effective treatment against radiation sickness. Just imagine the agony this guy went through twice.

[eldoradude]

He is luckier than Lucky the 3 legged dog.

Reminds me of Lucky the 3-legged pig. I heard that the pig got the name of Lucky because when his owner had gotten stuck up to his chest in mud and couldn't get out, Lucky had trotted over and pulled him out. His owner also said that the pig had helped his wife win a pick 3 lotto game by tapping out the winning numbers with a hoof when it noticed her filling out a ticket. I then asked him why the pig had only 3 legs. He replied that gosh, you sure couldn't eat a pig like that all at once. :D

[Moonman62]

He was 93 and they want to speculate that his cancer was caused by the atom bombs?

That's liberal wisdom for you.

[bogusname]

LOL

[Vigilanteman]

I used to work for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. I've been to both the factory in Hiroshima and the shipyards in Nagasaki. The shipyards at Nagasaki built most of the fleet which attacked Pearl Harbor and were the primary target. But as luck would have it, they were shrouded in fog and the other side of the bay, which contained the secondary target, the Mitsubishi Steel Works, was clear.

The Nagasaki bomb was, sadly, unnecessary. The Japanese had passed their intentions to capitulate through their supposedly neutral intermediary, the Soviet Union. The Russians sat on this information long enough to declare war on Japan and help themselves to some major spoils.

[lonestar]

Just imagine the agony this guy went through twice.

He probably suffered the affects of both simultaneously...being only 3 days apart...maybe twice as bad?

I don't like to think about it!