VOSHN 20

<body><a href="../index.html">HOME</a><br><table summary="016"><tr><td class="etesti">016</td><td class="edate">Immediately after the burst on August 6<sup>th</sup>, 1945</td><td class="eage">16 years old at that time</td></tr><tr><td class="ei_midasi" colspan=3>I thought Hiroshima was moaning.</td></tr></table><div class="largep"><p>I was entering the air-raid shelter.  As I didn't feel there was much danger, however, I stopped at the entrance and looked toward Hiroshima.  To my surprise, I saw a huge, pink cloud growing and rising up into the sky.  I had never seen such a cloud before, but later I knew it was called a mushroom cloud.  The cloud was accompanied by a ring around it.  I could see objects like scraps of paper in it.</p><p>Then I wondered if my ears were ringing, but I soon realized that a faint sound was coming through the air.  It sounded like the surf of the sea.  I felt like that I heard Hiroshima City cry, and something happened under those clouds.</p></div></body>