VOSHN 315

<body><a href="../index.html">HOME</a><br><table summary="293"><tr><td class="etesti">293</td><td class="edate">August 19<sup>th</sup>, 1945.</td><td class="eage">You may die in a few days.</td></tr><tr><td class="ei_midasi" colspan=3>14 years old at that time</td></tr></table><div class="large"><p>On the 19th of August, I had a terrible fever.  My throat felt sore and I could not even take water.  My fever went over 40 degrees C.</p><br><p>When I went to hospital, the doctor asked me.  "Where were you when the atomic bomb was dropped?"  "I was in Zenza-machi."  "Were you exposed to the light?"  "I felt it at the front door."  "Ones who were exposed to that light are likely to die."</p><br><p>The doctor pulled my hair with a strange look and said, "It's strange, you know.  You are supposed to die if you were in Zenza-machi and have a bad fever like this."</p><br><p>A doctor saying, "you are supposed to die" to a patient? I could not believe my ears.</p><p>He went on, "We will find out in a few days.  You might die in those few days, though."</p></div></body>