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ID Code 3102-0061
Artifact Name Ripped monpe (workpants)
Donor Suzuko Nishimaru
Receiving Date 1972/11/20
Size (W×H×D) (mm) 950×480
Distance from the Hypocenter(m) 790
Number 1
Location Moto-machi, Hakushima areas
Description Kimiko Nishimaru (then, 15), a third-year student at Hijiyama Girls' High School, was exposed while working as a mobilized student in the communications office. She was badly burned over much of her body, yet managed to return home. Her face was so swollen that her family recognized her only by the voice calling "Mother." She cried because she had lost the shoes her father had bought her while escaping the fires. Her father went out to find a doctor and her mother, Suzuko, attended her desperately, but she died on August 10.

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