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Michiko was only four months old on 6 August 1945. On that day, 79 years ago, the US B-29 fighter plane dropped the atomic bomb, known as “Little Boy,” over her hometown of Hiroshima.
Having been only four months old at the time, Michiko has no recollection of the event, but she does know what it feels like to have spent her whole life a survivor, dedicated to spreading a message of peace and hope to younger generations. On that occasion, the Pope highlighted that “the use of atomic energy for purposes of war is today, more than ever, a crime not only against the dignity of human beings but against any possible future for our common home. The use of atomic energy for purposes of war is immoral, just as the possession of atomic weapons is immoral”, before warning: “we will be judged on this."Mrs. Kono believes that the voice of influential leaders, too, are voices of peace and hope.
It took her 40 years to find the courage to visit the museum. “My mother took me when I was ten years old, but I was too afraid to enter”, she says. In 2001, “I realised it was my duty as a survivor to tell my story.”“I lived on the suburbs of Hiroshima as a young girl, and attended school there. There, I did not see so much of the aftermath of radiation.
In 2005, Michiko joined the legacy successor system at the museum. There she met Mitsuo Kodamo, whom she spent two years speaking to and learning from. He was 16 when the atomic bomb hit and he lived with severe effects of radiation until his death at age 66. Now, Mrs. Kono travels the world, telling his story and legacy.Although one of the lucky families, Michiko Kono, and her family, had strange experiences growing up.
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