Mori was eight years old when the US dropped atom bomb on Hiroshima dueing World War II.
Shigeaki Mori, the survivor of Hiroshima atomic bomb attack, who was embraced by former US President Barack Obama in 2016, passed away on Tuesday. Mori was 88.
He became famous after Barack Obama, during his historic visit to Hiroshima in Japan, hugged him. Obama was the first sitting US President to visit the city destroyed by the United States, along with another one, Nagasaki.
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Around 1.4 lakh people were killed Hiroshima and some 74,000 died in Nagasaki after US dropped nuclear bombs during World War II.
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Mori was eight years old when the US dropped atom bomb on his city. Before meeting Obama, Mori had narrated the horror while speaking to news agency AFP.
“I crawled up out of the water and saw a woman tottering toward me…Blood was everywhere on her body, and internal organs hung from her abdomen,” he recalled.
“While holding them, she asked me where she could find a hospital. Crying, I ran away, leaving her alone,” he said.
Hiroshima atomic bomb attack survivor further described the horrifying scenes around him. “People who were still alive were collapsed all around me. I escaped by stamping on their faces and heads.”
“I heard screams from a broken down house. But I ran away as I was still a child with no power to help,” he added.
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