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Here is a news of my country about the attack - (Thread just for sharing)
A-bomb survivor a peace advocate
PENANG: Having survived the horrors of the world’s first atomic bombing in Hiroshima 62 years ago, educator Datuk Abdul Razak Abdul Hamid is a firm advocate of peace.
“My main plea to all is: Don’t quarrel, don’t fight. Fights lead to war. Even at home, we should teach our children not to quarrel or fight with their siblings. Anything can be resolved through discussions,” said the 82-year-old sole Malaysian survivor of the Hiroshima bombing.
He was speaking to reporters yesterday after Malaysian Medical Association Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War president Datuk Ronald McCoy presented Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) with a 50kg granite stone cut from a pillar of the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Hall that was damaged in the bombing.
Abdul Razak went to Hiroshima University at the age of 20 on a Japanese government scholarship. Four months later, the atomic bomb was dropped 1.5km away from his university at 8.15am on Aug 6, 1945.
Recalling that day, Abdul Razak said: “The (air raid) siren went off and we hurried to the underground shelter nearby. Half an hour later, another siren signalled the all-clear and we returned to the classroom. Then, the bomb exploded and the wooden building came down on us.
“I must have fainted - everything became dark. When I came to, everything was gone. There were no buildings or trees left standing as far as the eye could see. People were screaming.
“With blood oozing from my head, I ran towards my hostel, was, passing many dead bodies and Japanese people who were injured, in pain or dying.”
Abdul Razak lost two Malaysian friends – Nik Yusof Nik Ali and Syed Omar Mohamad Alsagoff.
The stone, handed over to Abdul Razak’s son USM vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, will be displayed at the university’s museum and art gallery to promote world peace.
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