65 years ago today the Enola Gay deployed an atomic bomb against the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This is a collection of stories that the survivors tell about experiencing being in an atomic blast:
This It How It Feels to Be Under a Nuclear Attack
This It How It Feels to Be Under a Nuclear Attack
Exerpt: "The whirlpool of fire that was covering the entire street approached us from Ote-machi. So, everyone just tried so hard to keep away from the fire. It was just like a living hell. After a while, it began to rain. The fire and the smoke made us so thirsty and there was nothing to drink, no water, and the smoke even disturbed our eyes. As it began to rain, people opened their mouths and turned their faces towards the sky and try to drink the rain, but it wasn't easy to catch the rain drops in our mouths. It was a black rain with big drops."