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Nagasaki Marks 61st Anniversary of Atomic Bombing

HeadlineAug 09, 2006

And finally in Japan, the city of Nagasaki is marking the 61st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing. Earlier today, dignitaries gathered for a service at Nagasaki’s peace park. Survivor Kikuyo Nakamura was among those to speak.

  • Kikoyo Nakamura: “The beautiful city of Nagasaki was destroyed in a flash by a single nuclear bomb dropped by the United States. We commemorate this day to wish that Nagasaki will be the last city ever to suffer a nuclear bomb and that there will be a peaceful world without nuclear weapons or wars.”

A moment of silence was held at 11:02 am, the moment the bomb was dropped. Over 200,000 people died in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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