In this 2016 file photo, Sunao Tsuboi, right, talks with then U.S. President Barack Obama. AdvertisementWhen Obama made his historic visit to Hiroshima, Obama and Tsuboi held each other’s hand in a long handshake and shared a laugh. Atomic bomb survivor Sunao Tsuboi stands in front of the Atomic Dome in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in this 2005 file photo. The world’s first atomic bomb destroyed Hiroshima, killing 140,000 people instantly and within months. Three days later, the U.S. forces dropped a second nuclear bomb, on Nagasaki, killing another 70,000 people.

Source: Huffington Post October 27, 2021 20:30 UTC