Keiko Ogura's recollections from the tragic day of the Hiroshima bombing reveal the profound trauma experienced by those who survived. At just 8 years old, Ogura witnessed the blinding flash and felt the ferocious shock wave. After losing consciousness, she awoke to a city engulfed in fire, and thick smoke obscured the sky. Tens of thousands perished, including obliterated classmates, and Ogura's brother succumbed to radiation-induced cancer. Her memories underline the lasting psychological and physical scars left by the atomic bomb's catastrophic effect on Hiroshima and its people.
Ogura remembers the intensity of the bomb's white flash, the 'demon light' in the words of one survivor.
The shock wave threw her to the ground and she lost consciousness—how long, she still doesn't know.
After the explosion, survivors compared the flame-filled streets to medieval Buddhist scroll paintings of hell.
More than 20,000 children were killed by the bomb, including many of Ogura's classmates.
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