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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Japan: the Unluckiest Man Alive?

Meet Tsutomu Yamaguchi. From the news story:
Mr. Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a business trip on Aug. 6, 1945, when an American B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on the city. He returned to Nagasaki, his hometown, before the second attack . . .
Oh, my! This means that he survived not one, but two atomic bombs. Nagasaki was bombed on August 9, 1945.

Mr. Yamaguchi recently celebrated his 93rd birthday.
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2 comments:

  1. Brian J. Dunn10:15 PM

    Minerva,

    Don't mean to quibble. But surviving two nuclear attacks and reaching a ripe old age?

    Might be the luckiest man alive, eh?

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  2. Mad Minerva7:24 AM

    "True dat," as the young and tragically hip say, though I titled this "unluckiest man ALIVE" in a lame attempt to catch both sentiments. ;-)

    Oh, Yamaguchi. What are the ODDS?

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