Ajai Raj

SURVIVOR'S TALE: Setsuko Thurlow, who was 13 at the time of the Hiroshima blast, spoke to Brooklyn high school students as part of the "Hibakusha Stories" effort to promote nuclear disarmament.

Hiroshima Survivor's Peace Message

December 13, 2011
Ajai Raj

Brooklyn —

A survivor of the Hiroshima bombing urged a library full of students at Brooklyn International High School to work towards a world without war.

Setsuko Thurlowtold her tale of survival to a group of about 50 seniors on the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that drew the U.S. into World War II. She spoke as part of the “Hibakusha Stories” effort to promote nuclear disarmament by having survivors (“hibakusha”) of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki blasts share their stories.