| ID Code | GE13-30 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Toshiko Kihara |
| Age at the Time | 17 |
| Donor | |
| Date of the Scene | 1945/8/7 |
| Distance from the Hypocenter (m) | 2,500m |
| Location | Koi, Kusatsu areas |
| Size (H×W) (cm) | 38×54 |
| Description | Gravely injured people were taken away on trucks. 2,500 m from the hypocenter, plaza in front of the Koi streetcar stop (Koi-hon-machi) August 7, 1945, morning Toshiko Kihara Explanation in picture A man was using a megaphone to find people from Otake who had come to Hiroshima to demolish buildings and were now so grievously transformed. As the injured climbed onto the truck, the rescue worker urgently called, "Anyone else from Otake?" Pitiful was the sight of a woman trying to crawl up a plank onto the truck bed. The sobbing figures aboard did not look like human beings. Their swollen lips, splayed hair, clothing burnt to rags, and swollen bodies made it hard to believe that they were simply people who had happened to come into the city that day. |