長崎の被爆者団体「長崎原爆被災者協議会」が推進する被爆80年「世界プロジェクト」の一環として、2025年からNBCが記録した被爆者の声を日本語と英語で発信しています。
シリーズ「ヒバクシャの声」今回は 第15回　土本ミツさんの証言を英語で配信します。
As part of the "World Project" commemorating 80 years since the atomic bombing—an initiative promoted by the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council (Nagasaki-Hisaikyo)—NBC has been broadcasting the recorded testimonies of survivors in both Japanese and English since 2025.

In this installment of the "Voices of the Hibakusha" series (No. 15), we present the testimony of TUCHIMOTO Mitu.

TUCHIMOTO Mitu was 31 years old and 3km from the hypocenter when the atomic bomb exploded. As a U.S. military plane passed and the siren stopped, she felt a sudden, extreme heat on her right arm. She saw a large yellow ball on the horizon, which later transformed into a descending reddish-black cloud that she feared was targeting the Urakami area. When the mass burst and the blast caused nearby trees to collapse, she instinctively laid down. She felt a lukewarm breeze before briefly losing consciousness.Her father, less than 1km away, suffered severe burns and was blown by the blast. He walked home nearly naked after the skin on his face peeled down to his chin. He found his wife and daughter emerging from their collapsed house. Unable to move, he collapsed and only managed to mumble pleas for his daughter to be taken to safety, as he was beyond help. The speaker recalled the catastrophe was so vast she could not even shed tears for her father's death.Her younger sister sustained full-body burns due to being directly exposed to the light. At the temporary shelter, medical care was limited to a white topical application. While caring for her sister, the speaker had to pick out approximately 30 maggots one by one from the girl's chest wound.

The Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors’group, also known as
“Nagasaki Atomic bomb Survivors Council”(Nagasaki-Hisaikyo) and NBC　Nagasaki Broad casting Company signed an agreement.
As part of the “World Project” to commemorate 80 years since the atomic bombing. The project is promoted by the Nagasaki Disaster Relief Association.
Voices of atomic bomb survivors recorded by NBC are uploaded to the Nagasaki Atomic bomb Survivors Council”’s YouTube channel,
News movie streaming service “NBC NEWS DIG” and others.