Dear MEL Topic Readers,
How Hiroshima rose from the ashes
It was at 8:15 am on Monday, August 6th in 1945 when an atomic bomb was dropped on the city from a US bomber. The first-ever used nuclear bomb immediately killed 70,000 people on the soil of Hiroshima at once. By the end of the year, over 100,000 people died of the explosion, heat wave, injury, and radiation. Nearly 70% of the buildings in the city were destroyed. The central part of the city looked so scorched and devastated that reconstruction seemed unthinkable.
But people were strong and determined to rebuild the city from the destruction right after the defeat of the war. They redesigned and rebuilt the city to turn the tragic experience into a symbol for peace.
Now, the city stands peacefully and the citizens, most of whom were born after the disaster, continue to plead that what happened in Hiroshima should never be forgotten or repeated.
Enjoy reading and think about this power of reconstruction after the destruction.
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