A survivor's tale from Japan

Depending on how you look at it Tsutomu Yamaguchi is either the luckiest, or unluckiest, man in the world.

Back in 1945 Mr. Yamaguchi was a businessman visiting the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6th, the day the United States dropped the atomic bomb. Yamaguchi survived the attack with severe burns and set out the next day for his home - Nagasaki. He arrived just in time to experience the nuclear bombing of that city on August 9th.

The Japanese government has now finally certified the 93-year old Mr. Yamaguchi as the only known survivor of both atomic bombings. Mr. Yamaguchi hopes that his status will enable him to tell younger generations about the horrors of atomic weapons.