Atomic Bomb Survivors Speak In Key West
KEY WEST (CBSMiami/AP) — The conversation in Key West this weekend will involve the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Two of the survivors of the 1945 attack will speak at symposium exploring the nuclear legacy of the American president who authorized the bombings that helped end World War II.
Setsuko Thurlow and Yasuaki Yamashita spoke Friday evening at the Harry S. Truman Little White House, opening the Truman Legacy Symposium.
Thurlow, 13 years old when Hiroshima was bombed, recalled her rescue from a collapsed building before classmates were burned alive inside it. Yamashita, who was 6 when his home was destroyed in Nagasaki, said he spent decades hiding his background because of discrimination against survivors.
Now nuclear disarmament advocates, the two are part of presentations continuing through Sunday that include Truman's grandson Clifton Truman Daniel, who is authoring a book on the bombings.
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