Thread by @vmiracleCNN

Today is the 75th anniversary of the #Nagasaki75 atomic blast. It was the second of two atomic bombs dropped on Japan which would end WWII.

The first was dropped on Hiroshima 3 days prior. @abc7davidono beautifully tells one survivor’s story. @ABC7 abc7.com/society/rememb…

On a personal note, I had the chance to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum a few years ago.

My Japanese grandmother was living in Osaka at the time so she was physically OK. But she still couldn’t go inside the museum. 75 years later it’s still too painful. #広島

I took some photos of some of the striking and devastating artifacts inside the museum. Like this wall. It’s shows the “black rain” that rained all over the city shortly after the bombing. It’s believed the rain was full of radioactive materials. #HiroshimaNagasaki75 #広島

This is the outfit 14-year-old Mitsuo Shoda was wearing when the first atomic bomb hit #Hiroshima. She was three quarters of a mile away from the hypocenter. She was burned from head to toe. With doctors unable to do anything for her, she died a few days later.

A human shadow etched in stone.

Can you see a shadow on these steps? It’s believed the person sitting on these steps was waiting for a bank to open. The person disintegrated immediately by the flash from the atomic bomb. They remain unidentified. #HiroshimaNagasaki75

To explore the museum, see their virtual tour here —> pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/virtual/index_… #HiroshimaNagasaki75