at least 129,000 people were lost in the bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki.
how many lives were lost in the bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki?
at least 129,000 people
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perhaps as many as 200 people from hiroshima sought refuge in nagasaki. the 2006 documentary "twice survived: the doubly atomic bombed of hiroshima and nagasaki" documented 165 "nijū hibakusha (lit. double explosion-affected people)", nine of whom claimed to be in the blast zone in both cities. on march 24, 2009, the japanese government officially recognized tsutomu yamaguchi as a double "hibakusha". he was confirmed to be from ground zero in hiroshima on a business trip when the bomb was detonated. he was seriously burnt on his left side and spent the night in hiroshima. he arrived at his home city of nagasaki on august 8, the day before the bombing, and he was exposed to residual radiation while searching for his relatives. he was the first officially recognized survivor of both bombings. he died on january 4, 2010, at the age of 93, after a battle with stomach cancer.
atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki