The above picture from BBC News says between 2,000 and 6,500 children are believed to have been orphaned by the atomic bomb, although the exact number may never be known.
Sixty one years after the United States bombed Hiroshima that killied an estimated 140,000 people, a moment of silence was observed at 8.15 am yesterday, the time that the deadly atomic bomb was detonated over Hiroshima, Japan.
Marking the occasion, some 45,000 people including Japan's prime minister Koizumi recited silent prayers, renewing calls for a nuclear-free world. This anniversary comes at a time when there is international concern over North Korea's nuclear ambitions and the Middle East crisis, which has claimed the lives of a growing number of people.
The world needs more than moments of silence to rid itself of the scourge of nuclear weapons and terrorist attacks.
7 comments:
Wow. Thats really deep.
its hard to understand how a human being can do something like this to anothe humans being, even dou , they started at Pearl Harbor, this bomb was 1000 times worst , killing and destroying so much .
Poor thing! I'm gonna cry!!
that's the great gonocide
I for one cannot believe the US for doing this.The horrible evil of this cannot be avenged.So many children grew up without their loved ones.
I agree that it was horrible but WWII would have ended right after Hitler had killed himself but the Japanes would not give in. We would have not even been in the war as early as we were if not again for the Japnes bombing Pearl Harbo. So many Americans were dying for the fact they wanted world power.
i cant believe when i read sadako and the thousand paper cranes the book made me cry
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