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corpses. Those who survived were badly burned. Usually therr
.loth., -.r. scorched and burned so they wera practically naked'
Their skin peeled off and hung down. They rushed to nearby fire
Drevention water boxes and river banks seeking water' Iriends
'and
relatives trapped under collapsed houses rvere crying lor help'
But flames surrounded them so closely that thel' were about to burn'
Later large black drops of rain pourecl dou'n. It was a deadly
rain u'hich contained mud, ash, and other radioactive fallout'
Through burning flamcs and pouring black rain thcre was an endless
lini of injured people heading lor the outskirts of thc city' The
burns on thiir hinds madc the skin hang dorvn. Thcir hancls
looked like those of ghosts.
ttGive rne water."
The security funclions of the army, policc, prelbcture, and city
agencies practically ceased. Under such circumsrances nredical
treatmeni uas started bv doctors and nurses who rverc injured
themselves. Damage to ne arb.v army posts \ "as rather slight and
so soldicrs liom them first began the reliefjob. llospitals soon
became 1u11, so public schools around the city werc used as first-ajd
stations. They rvere also crowded by the rush of'wounded persons'
Countless dead bodies and seriously wounded people, who barelv
breathed, were left on the road or the river-banks ol'the city'
\',Iedical supplies \{'ere used up immediately because of the uninraeinable
number of rvounded persons. The untreated people took
tileir last breath moaning, "Give me u'ater." lVhat is norv called
radiation sickness soon appcared. Peoplc began suffering lrom
diarrhea as if they had dysentery, losing clumps of their hair, and
dcveloping purple colored spots on their skin which made them look
likc a map. Such people soon diecl' their bodies full ofbig maggots
they were too weak to remove.
Those who were looking lbr their re]atives rvalked around in
the stili smoldering city with the rescue parties. What thel' sarv
were dead bodies piled uP on the ground and filling up the rivers'
Figures of mothers who died protcctinpJ their own children u'ere