UTsutomu Yamaguchi: Indoda esinde emabhomu amabili e-athomu

Ekuseni ngo-Agasti 6, 1945, i-United States yaphosa ibhomu le-athomu edolobheni laseJapan iHiroshima. Ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva, kwaqhunyiswa ibhomu lesibili edolobheni laseNagasaki. Lokhu kuhlasela kwaqeda iMpi Yezwe II kodwa futhi kwabulala namakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu.

Ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu kweHiroshima neNagasaki
Amabhomu e-athomu ebhomu e-Hiroshima (kwesobunxele) naseNagasaki (kwesokudla). Img Umthombo: Wikimedia Commons

Kulinganiselwa ukuthi okungenani abantu abangu-125,000 babulawa. Abantu abaningi bakwazile ukusinda kulokhu kuhlaselwa kepha yindoda eyodwa kuphela engasho ukuthi yasinda kubo bobabili uHiroshima noNagasaki: Tsutomu Yamaguchi.

Tsutomu Yamaguchi
UTsutomu Yamaguchi, njengonjiniyela osemncane.

Kuthiwa bekunabantu ababalelwa ku-160 abathintekile kulokhu kuqhuma kwamabhomu bobabili kodwa uTsutomu Yamaguchi nguyena kuphela owavunywa ngokusemthethweni nguhulumeni waseJapan njengabasindile kulezi ziqhuma zombili.

UTsutomu Yamaguchi wayeneminyaka engama-29 ngenkathi esohambweni lwebhizinisi eHiroshima. Ngaleso sikhathi wayesebenza eMitsubishi Heavy Industries. Ngo-Agasti 6, 1945, lapho ibhomu le-athomu liphonswa eHiroshima, wayeseqhele ngamamayela amabili ukusuka kuzero.

Wayengomunye wabasindile abanenhlanhla futhi wachitha ubusuku endaweni yokukhosela yamabhomu eHiroshima ezama ukuthola ukuthi yini okufanele ayenze ngokulandelayo. Ukuqhuma kwaqhuma izindlebe zakhe futhi waphazanyiswa okwesikhashana ukukhanya okukhanyayo. Uyakhumbula ebona ifu lamakhowe ngaphambi kokufa.

Endaweni yokukhosela lapho elale khona ubusuku bonke, wathola ozakwabo abathathu abasebenza nabo nabo abasindile kulokhu kuqhuma. Bobane bashiye indawo yokukhosela ngakusasa ekuseni; bafike esiteshini sesitimela bagibela isitimela baya edolobheni langakubo eNagasaki.

UMnu Yamaguchi walimala kanzima kodwa wanquma ukuthi useluleme ngokwanele ukuthi angabuyela emsebenzini ngo-Agasti 9, ezinsukwini ezintathu nje kuphela ngemuva kokuqhuma kweHiroshima.

Ifu le-athomu lisondela kuNagasaki
Ifu le-athomu ligcwele phezu kweNagasaki ngemva nje kokuqhuma kwebhomu. Agasti 9, 1945 © Wikimedia Commons

UMnu Yamaguchi wayesehhovisi lakhe eNagasaki, etshela umphathi wakhe ngokuqhuma kweHiroshima, lapho "ngokungazelelwe ilambu elifanayo elimhlophe lagcwalisa igumbi" - abaseMelika baqhumisa ibhomu lesibili eNagasaki.

"Bengicabanga ukuthi ifu lamakhowe belingilandele lisuka eHiroshima." - Tsutomu Yamaguchi

I-US ibingahlelile ukulahla ibhomu eNagasaki. INagasaki bekuyilitshe lesibili; inhloso yokuqala kwakuyidolobha laseKokura, kepha ngenxa yesimo sezulu esibi, uNagasaki wakhethwa esikhundleni salokho. IJapan izinikele ezinsukwini eziyisithupha ngemuva kokuhlaselwa kweNagasaki.

UTsutomu Yamaguchi wakwazi ukusinda futhi. Ezinsukwini ezintathu wasinda ekuhlaselweni kabili kwamabhomu enuzi. Amabhomu aphonswe enkabeni yedolobha kanti iTsutomu ibiphinda ibanga elingamakhilomitha amabili ukusuka lapho. UMnu. Yamaguchi uqobo akatholanga monakalo ngokushesha kulokhu kuqhuma kwesibili, yize kunjalo wavezwa komunye umthamo ophakeme wemisebe ye-ionizing.

Tsutomu Yamaguchi
Isithombe sikaTsutomu Yamaguchi nguJustin Mccurry. Mashi 25, 2009.

UMnu Yamaguchi walulama kancane kancane waqhubeka nokuphila impilo ejwayelekile. Okuthakazelisa kakhulu uMnu. Yamaguchi wayeneminyaka engama-93 ngenkathi eshona ngoJanuwari 2010. Imbangela yokushona kwakhe ngumdlavuza wesisu.

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