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.