This year, the frustration of survivors is even greater because peace events leading up to the August 6, memorial have been largely canceled or scaled back amid the pandemic. (This article is from August 6, 2020.)
For the first time in over a decade, Keiko Ogura won't provide guided tours of Hiroshima's Peace Park.
Ogura was eight when she saw the searing bright flash outside her house, about 1 1/4 miles from ground zero. Smashed to the ground, she was woken by her little brother's wail. The rubble of their house was burning.
Crowds of people with sever burns, their hair charred into curls, headed to a shrine near her home, grunting and asking for water. Two people dropped dead after receiving water from her, a scene that has haunted her for years. She blamed herself for surviving when so many others died.
--GreGen
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