Hiroshima attack: Images show impact of first atom bomb
Seventy years after the first atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, explore these panorama and 'before and after' images, reported by ABC, to see the devastation wrought by the world's nuclear dawn.
"I was supposed to go the middle of Hiroshima city for mandatory labour service on the day of the bombing. But I'd had a stomach bug ... so instead I stayed home with my family."
Junko Morimoto, who was 13 at the time of the bombing
"I heard a noise outside and thought it was another B29. It was that second a strong light filled the place. A roaring sound followed. I felt the house crushing on top of me. Everything was completely dark. I fell unconscious."
Junko Morimoto
"I woke up – who knows how many seconds, minutes or hours it had been. What I saw around me was just unimaginable. My second sister had collapsed over me. My brother had glass pieces all over his body. My older sister had a chopstick struck through her lips. Our house was gone. I saw fire everywhere."
Junko Morimoto
"We quickly ran towards the water. I saw people with stockings hanging down from their limbs and body. I didn't understand at that time that this was in fact their own skin."
Junko Morimoto
"My family and I went back to where our house was and made a barrack from anything that was around. There was this stone fencing that just kept its shape so we built our temporary home along that."
Junko Morimoto
Junko Morimoto
Junko Morimoto
Junko Morimoto
Junko Morimoto
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