Tsutomu Yamaguchi had a bad week in August of 1945 when he went on a business trip to Hiroshima and was severely burned by the first atomic bomb. He made his way back to his home in Nagasaki in time to endure yet another A-bomb blast. In both cases, he was within two miles of ground zero but still survived.
Yamaguchi, for understandable reasons, became an advocate for nuclear disarmament. He died from cancer, probably as a result of his exposure to radiation, in 2010 at age 93.
You can read more about Mr. Yamaguchi at the "Today I Found Out" website.
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