We cannot die while keeping silence

Substantial A-bomb victim-survivors like us say, “I don’t want to remember the A-bombing hell on that day, I would rather forget about it. That’s why I don’t want to talk about it.”

In remembering the incidence of that day, even today some of us have tightness in the chest, shivering, abnormal heartbeat, and end up calling an ambulance for hospitalization.

With different degrees of severity all A-bomb victim-survivors live with PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder).

There are more than a few who keep remembering the things about “that day” and “that moment” who just cannot forget however hard they try to do it.

Then, there are many who feel they cannot die while keeping their mouths shut.

A-bomb victim-survivors talk not because they want sympathy but because they want justice as human beings.

Yoshinori Yokokawa

Ex-Chairman

Tokyo Metropolitan A-bomb Victims Groups Liaison Council

(Tokyo-to Genbaku Higaisha-dantai Renraku Kyogikai)

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Translation by Yoshio Hida