OBATA Masakatsu, who was 27 at the time of the bombing, worked at the Mitsubishi Saiwai-machi Factory, located about 1.2 kilometers from the hypocenter. On August 9, 1945, he started his shift at 7 a.m. Shortly after 11 a.m., he was suddenly engulfed by a flash of light unlike anything he had ever seen. Wearing only a shirt, he lay flat on his stomach as roof tiles fell and piled up on his back. Feeling pain, he cautiously got up, left the factory, and made his way barefoot through broken glass toward an air-raid shelter. “Everyone was risking their lives,” Mr. OBATA recalls of that time. Invited by fellow survivors, he began sharing his story. Driven by the conviction “Never let war happen again,” he advocated for peace.
(Video recorded in 1995)

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.
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