A NAGASAKI World War Two bombing survivor - who devoted his life to campaign against nuclear weapons - has died aged 93. Shigemi Fukahori horrifically described the "skin melting" impact of the terror 1945 nuke that blitzed his Japanese city. Fukahori died on January 3 in a Nagasaki hospital in the southwest of Japan.
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He became famous after surviving the horror nuclear bomb that tragically killed nearly 250,000 people and shaped the area for decades. Fukahori was only 14 when the US dropped the atomic weapon on August 9, 1945, that would officially end World War Two.
Japan surrendered days later after the attack but Fukahori spent years detailing the atrocities of this terror blitz. He died due to old age, according to local media, but Fukahori previously shared the horrific scenes he saw when he was just a teenager.
Fukahori told Japanese broadcaster NHK in 2019: “On the day the bomb dropped, I heard a voice asking for help. "When I walked over and held out my hand, the person’s skin melted. "I still remember how that felt.". More to follow... For the latest news on this story keep checking back at The Sun Online.
