Engineer survived both Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings
Tsutomu Yamaguchi is the only person officially recognised by the Japanese government as a survivor of both nuclear attacks.
Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, according to a Times of India report. The 29-year-old engineer was working for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Hiroshima on August 6 when the first bomb detonated.
Yamaguchi was approximately three kilometres from the ground zero in Hiroshima when the explosion occurred. He suffered severe burns to his upper body and experienced temporary loss of sight and hearing before returning to his home in Nagasaki on August 8.
While he was describing the Hiroshima devastation to a supervisor in Nagasaki, a second atomic bomb exploded on August 9. Yamaguchi was about three kilometres from the epicentre of the second blast and survived that attack as well.
Although he lived a long life, Yamaguchi did not speak publicly about his experiences for many decades. He eventually became an advocate for nuclear disarmament and travelled to the United Nations in 2006.
Japanese authorities officially certified him as a survivor of both bombings in March 2009. Yamaguchi died in Nagasaki on January 4, 2010, at the age of 93 after being hospitalised with stomach cancer.