Hibakusha Stories
On Friday, December 6, 2013, our students will be privileged to meet Skigeko Sasamori. She will be sharing her powerful story of survival of the first ever atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This explosion leveled 90% of the city and instantly killed 80,000 people. Many others would die of radiation exposure. Those who survived often faced extreme hardship.
Shigeko Sasamori san was 13 years-old when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Hearing the sound of a plane, she looked up to see a B-29 flying overhead — seconds later she was knocked unconscious by the blast. When she came to, she was so badly burned that she was unrecognizable. Shigeko repeated her name and address over and over until she was finally found by her father. Years later she would travel to the United States in 1955 as part of a group of young women known as the Hiroshima Maidens. While
in New York, she underwent numerous plastic surgery operations and met her
adoptive father, Dr. Norman Cousins.
NOTE: Due to weather related school cancellation on Friday, December 6th, our students missed the opportunity to meet Skigeko Sasamori.
On Friday, December 6, 2013, our students will be privileged to meet Skigeko Sasamori. She will be sharing her powerful story of survival of the first ever atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This explosion leveled 90% of the city and instantly killed 80,000 people. Many others would die of radiation exposure. Those who survived often faced extreme hardship.
Shigeko Sasamori san was 13 years-old when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Hearing the sound of a plane, she looked up to see a B-29 flying overhead — seconds later she was knocked unconscious by the blast. When she came to, she was so badly burned that she was unrecognizable. Shigeko repeated her name and address over and over until she was finally found by her father. Years later she would travel to the United States in 1955 as part of a group of young women known as the Hiroshima Maidens. While
in New York, she underwent numerous plastic surgery operations and met her
adoptive father, Dr. Norman Cousins.
NOTE: Due to weather related school cancellation on Friday, December 6th, our students missed the opportunity to meet Skigeko Sasamori.