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| 550m from the hypocenter/Near west end of the Aioi
Bridge Around 9 a.m. on August 7, 1945 |
Kikue Komatsu
(37 at the time of the bombing, 67 when she drew this picture)
While searching for my daughter, I came across a mountain of corpses in a street of carnage. People had evidently rushed to plunge their faces in the water of a cistern, where they died with their arms around each other, clinging to the side. How they must have screamed for water. My heart aches for them. I clasp my hands in prayer.
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