Japan Certifies Double Blast Survivor

[Thorin]

Imagine going on a business trip, surviving a nuclear blast, going to the hospital, going home, and surviving another nuclear blast...  That's what Tsutomu Yamaguchi did!

A 93-year-old Japanese man has become the first person certified as a survivor of both U.S. atomic bombings at the end of the Second World War, officials said Tuesday.

Tsutomu Yamaguchi had already been a certified ?hibakusha,? or radiation survivor, of the Aug. 9, 1945, atomic bombing in Nagasaki, but has now been confirmed as surviving the attack on Hiroshima three days earlier as well, city officials said.

Mr. Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a business trip on Aug. 6, 1945, when a U.S. B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on the city. He suffered serious burns to his upper body and spent the night in the city. He then returned to his hometown of Nagasaki just in time for the second attack, city officials said.

source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090324.wjapanabomb0324/BNStory/International/home?cid=al_gam_mostview

p.s. I find this much more fascinating than some crass late-late-late-night talk show host trying to poke fun at the Canadian military (especially since the American military has repeatedly requested key Canadian units and thanked the Canadian military for its help in the field).

[Mr. Analog]

Man, talk about a couple of bad days...

[Thorin]

What I can't believe is that he's still alive!  Most of the blast survivors have had all kinds of cancers and kidney or liver problems from radiation exposure.