Christ! What a bad week! :o
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QuoteJapanese man is a double A-bomb survivor
He was in Hiroshima on business trip before returning home to Nagasaki
updated 5:59 p.m. ET, Tues., March. 24, 2009
TOKYO - A 93-year-old Japanese man has become the first person certified as a survivor of both U.S. atomic bombings at the end of World War II, officials said Tuesday.
Tsutomu Yamaguchi had already been a certified "hibakusha," or radiation survivor, of the Aug. 9, 1945, atomic bombing in Nagasaki, but has now been confirmed as surviving the attack on Hiroshima three days earlier as well, city officials said.
Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a business trip on Aug. 6, 1945, when a U.S. B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on the city. He suffered serious burns to his upper body and spent the night in the city. He then returned to his hometown of Nagasaki just in time for the second attack, city officials said.
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"As far as we know, he is the first one to be officially recognized as a survivor of atomic bombings in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki," Nagasaki city official Toshiro Miyamoto said. "It's such an unfortunate case, but it is possible that there are more people like him."
Now a historical fact
Certification qualifies survivors for government compensation — including monthly allowances, free medical checkups and funeral costs — but Yamaguchi's compensation will not increase, Miyamoto said.
Yet, Yamaguchi is satisfied that his record is now a historical fact.
"My double radiation exposure is now an official government record. It can tell the younger generation the horrifying history of the atomic bombings even after I die," Yamaguchi was quoted as saying by the nationwide Mainichi newspaper.
Japan is the only country to have suffered atomic bomb attacks. About 140,000 people were killed in Hiroshima and 70,000 in Nagasaki.
Yamaguchi is one of about 260,000 people who survived the attacks. Bombing survivors have developed various illnesses from radiation exposure, including cancer and liver illnesses.
Details of Yamaguchi's health problems were not released.
Thousands survivors continue to seek official recognition after the government rejected their eligibility for compensation. The government last year eased the requirements for being certified as a survivor, following criticism the rules were too strict and neglected many who had developed illnesses that doctors have linked to radiation.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press
I read years ago that there were several people who survived both bombings. This seems like a non-story to me. :unsure:
How does it only come out now?
I guess atomic weapons aren't to bad. This guy shrugged off a couple of them.
I like the term "hibakusha". It makes them sound like some mutant boss you'd fight in a Final Fantasy or Fire Emblem game. :)
Ah well, better luck next time.
He had two atomic bombs dropped on him, and he didn't even get any super powers?
I'm a double-D bomb survivor. :cool:
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on March 25, 2009, 07:30:42 AM
He had two atomic bombs dropped on him, and he didn't even get any super powers?
He should get a t-shirt saying that. :D
Quote from: Caliga on March 25, 2009, 08:32:22 AM
I'm a double-D bomb survivor. :cool:
Big deal. I've survived multiple vaginas thrown at me.
Don't belittle my suffering. I wrestled with post-traumatic stress syndrome for years. YEARS! :mad:
Further proof that having to travel for work sucks ass.
Quote from: Caliga on March 25, 2009, 08:55:15 AM
Don't belittle my suffering. I wrestled with post-traumatic stress syndrome for years. YEARS! :mad:
The VA has an unsterilized colonoscopy test waiting for you.
Quote from: Valmy on March 25, 2009, 08:55:31 AM
Further proof that having to travel for work sucks ass.
Nonsense. Why, he had a blast!
It is a little known fact that in the late 1940s this man vacationed in the Bikini Atoll. Later he ran into some trouble with his Summer Home in Bhopal, India (though he later said that was a change of pace). His retirement to the Ukraine, north of Kiev had some later problems as well.
Quote from: PDH on March 25, 2009, 09:03:15 AM
It is a little known fact that in the late 1940s this man vacationed in the Bikini Atoll. Later he ran into some trouble with his Summer Home in Bhopal, India (though he later said that was a change of pace). His retirement to the Ukraine, north of Kiev had some later problems as well.
:lol:
Also, did you know he had a timeshare on Three Mile Island?
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Considering he's 93 years old, it obviously didn't do his longevity any harm. :lol:
Quote from: Valmy on March 25, 2009, 08:55:31 AM
Further proof that having to travel for work sucks ass.
My only business trip to date was lovely.
Quote from: garbon on March 25, 2009, 10:11:56 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 25, 2009, 08:55:31 AM
Further proof that having to travel for work sucks ass.
My only business trip to date was lovely.
The more business travel you do, the less you will like it. Or at least, that is the experience of most people.
Quote from: Malthus on March 25, 2009, 10:12:58 AM
The more business travel you do, the less you will like it. Or at least, that is the experience of most people.
I opted out of what would have been my second business trip : to New Jersey. :x
Quote from: garbon on March 25, 2009, 10:14:12 AM
Quote from: Malthus on March 25, 2009, 10:12:58 AM
The more business travel you do, the less you will like it. Or at least, that is the experience of most people.
I opted out of what would have been my second business trip : to New Jersey. :x
AKA Mordor. :lol:
Quote from: Malthus on March 25, 2009, 10:47:37 AM
AKA Mordor. :lol:
Yeah, somehow it couldn't compete with the first trip : to NYC. :o
If there were others like this guy, I doubt they were as long lived. still though... :huh:
I know it's fashionable to bash nuclear weapons but this is ridiculous. Modern weapons are many times more powerful than the pitiful little firecrackers that hit Japan. What other technology gets judged by its failures 60+ years ago?
Quote from: Malthus on March 25, 2009, 10:47:37 AMAKA Mordor. :lol:
:mad:
Not all of New Jersey is a toxic, overdeveloped hellhole. Parts of it are actually near-wilderness, and it has very nice beaches.
Kinda like how all you ignoramuses stereotype Kentucky as an inbred backwoods Deliverance-style nightmare... that only describes the eastern and southeastern third of the state :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on March 25, 2009, 02:05:07 PM
:mad:
Not all of New Jersey is a toxic, overdeveloped hellhole. Parts of it are actually near-wilderness, and it has very nice beaches.
Kinda like how all you ignoramuses stereotype Kentucky as an inbred backwoods Deliverance-style nightmare... that only describes the eastern and southeastern third of the state :mad:
What I got from your post: It is true, places like New Jersey and Kentucky should be avoided like a plague by people with even a measure of self-respect.
Would that be an accurate summation?
Quote from: garbon on March 25, 2009, 02:06:59 PMWhat I got from your post: It is true, places like New Jersey and Kentucky should be avoided like a plague by people with even a measure of self-respect.
Would that be an accurate summation?
Quit reading between the lines :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on March 25, 2009, 02:05:07 PM
Quote from: Malthus on March 25, 2009, 10:47:37 AMAKA Mordor. :lol:
:mad:
Not all of New Jersey is a toxic, overdeveloped hellhole. Parts of it are actually near-wilderness, and it has very nice beaches.
Kinda like how all you ignoramuses stereotype Kentucky as an inbred backwoods Deliverance-style nightmare... that only describes the eastern and southeastern third of the state :mad:
New Jersey also has 3,000 black bears.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 25, 2009, 02:10:52 PM
Quote from: Caliga on March 25, 2009, 02:05:07 PM
Quote from: Malthus on March 25, 2009, 10:47:37 AMAKA Mordor. :lol:
:mad:
Not all of New Jersey is a toxic, overdeveloped hellhole. Parts of it are actually near-wilderness, and it has very nice beaches.
Kinda like how all you ignoramuses stereotype Kentucky as an inbred backwoods Deliverance-style nightmare... that only describes the eastern and southeastern third of the state :mad:
New Jersey also has 3,000 black bears.
:bleeding:
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 25, 2009, 02:10:52 PMNew Jersey also has 3,000 black bears.
I was really thinking of the Pine Barrens, where I doubt there are any bears left, but yeah there are definitely bears up in the Wachtung region near the Delaware Water Gap. I think they have a habit of coming down into the suburban sprawl radiating out from NYC to scavenge through garbage and make off with pet dogs and cats. :smoke:
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on March 25, 2009, 07:30:42 AM
He had two atomic bombs dropped on him, and he didn't even get any super powers?
How do we know he hasn't?
Quote from: Caliga on March 25, 2009, 02:16:41 PM
I think they have a habit of coming down into the suburban sprawl radiating out from NYC to scavenge through garbage and make off with pet dogs and cats. :smoke:
:blush:
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 25, 2009, 02:18:38 PMHow do we know he hasn't?
Good point. As a Japanese, he is likely to be ninjaing his superpowers.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 25, 2009, 02:10:52 PM
Quote from: Caliga on March 25, 2009, 02:05:07 PM
Quote from: Malthus on March 25, 2009, 10:47:37 AMAKA Mordor. :lol:
:mad:
Not all of New Jersey is a toxic, overdeveloped hellhole. Parts of it are actually near-wilderness, and it has very nice beaches.
Kinda like how all you ignoramuses stereotype Kentucky as an inbred backwoods Deliverance-style nightmare... that only describes the eastern and southeastern third of the state :mad:
New Jersey also has 3,000 black bears.
I hope it has enough ethnic gay bars for them all. :P
Quote from: Caliga on March 25, 2009, 02:05:07 PM
Quote from: Malthus on March 25, 2009, 10:47:37 AMAKA Mordor. :lol:
:mad:
Not all of New Jersey is a toxic, overdeveloped hellhole. Parts of it are actually near-wilderness, and it has very nice beaches.
Mobsters need
somewhere to plant the bodies. :P
QuoteKinda like how all you ignoramuses stereotype Kentucky as an inbred backwoods Deliverance-style nightmare... that only describes the eastern and southeastern third of the state :mad:
I can see the tourist advertisement now: 'Kentucky - only
partly an inbred backwoods Deliverance-style nightmare!' :D
Quote from: Caliga on March 25, 2009, 02:16:41 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 25, 2009, 02:10:52 PMNew Jersey also has 3,000 black bears.
I was really thinking of the Pine Barrens, where I doubt there are any bears left, but yeah there are definitely bears up in the Wachtung region near the Delaware Water Gap. I think they have a habit of coming down into the suburban sprawl radiating out from NYC to scavenge through garbage and make off with pet dogs and cats. :smoke:
I thought about large black gay men first and thought it was a strange comment out of Tim. :blush: