Dr. Tatsuichiro Akizuki was working in a Nagasaki hospital some two miles from ground zero when the bomb hit. He later described what he witnessed in his book Nagasaki 1945 (1981), saying:
Out in the yard, brown-colored smoke or dust cleared little by little. I saw figures running. Then, looking to the southwest, I was stunned. The sky was as dark as pitch, covered with dense clouds of smoke; under that blackness, over the earth, hung a yellow-brown fog. Gradually the veiled ground became visible, and the view beyond rooted me to the spot with horror. All the buildings I could see were on fire… To say everything burned is not enough. It seemed as if the earth itself emitted fire and smoke, flames that writhed up and erupted from the underground. The sky was dark, the ground was scarlet, and in between hung clouds of yellowish smoke… It seemed like the end of the world.
Source:
Stephens, John Richard. “Alternative Views.” Weird History 101: Tales of Intrigue, Mayhem, and Outrageous Behavior. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2006. 61. Print.
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