Hiroshima remembers, calls for peace
August 11, 2008
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| Hiroshima Memorial Day 2008 |
The girl next to me is crying silently. Katsuko Kawamoto starts speaking slower and her voice starts to tremble. It is 63 years ago that the first atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima and Katsuko became hibakusha, a survivor.
Every year around Aug. 6, people from all over the world come to Hiroshima to join the peace memorial ceremony in remembrance of those who suffered the bomb but also to discuss about how to never let it happen again.
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Hiroshima. August 8, 2008.
