Three-hundred-thousand people were in the city of Hiroshima when the atomic explosion errupted. Approximately forty-five seconds after the bomb was dropped, it exploded in the air and soared to temperatures of 60 million degrees in the first billionth of a second. The blinding flash flew through Hiroshima at 1,000 miles per hour. Of the 300,000 people in the city, only one third survived.
Because this tragic bombing was such a devastating and fatal catastrophe, there is a memorial, memorial hall, and a museum dedicated to the event. The memorial hall was designed and built to promote Japan's peace and to also to mourn the deaths of those who were killed by the terrible bomb. The hall is made up of two sections. The first section is a library filled with books that contain stories of the people who witnessed the atomic bomb, and and the second contains pictures matched with names of most of the victims who perished on this hideous day. The hall is still searching for memoirs of the survivors to add to their great collection to inform future generations of this horrible historic event. The information in the hall will be open for the public to view. Each piece of data will be entered into a database in the library that can be searched by viewers. Memoirs in the hall include: diaries, jourals, letters, or even stories. The memorial hall's collection of photos expands on a daily basis. Family members or friends can simply call in and contribute to the list of names, or the seemingly never-ending amount of pictures. The entire memorial is dedicated to the unfortunate and innocent victims who, on this day, were given a very slim chance of survival.
Because this tragic bombing was such a devastating and fatal catastrophe, there is a memorial, memorial hall, and a museum dedicated to the event. The memorial hall was designed and built to promote Japan's peace and to also to mourn the deaths of those who were killed by the terrible bomb. The hall is made up of two sections. The first section is a library filled with books that contain stories of the people who witnessed the atomic bomb, and and the second contains pictures matched with names of most of the victims who perished on this hideous day. The hall is still searching for memoirs of the survivors to add to their great collection to inform future generations of this horrible historic event. The information in the hall will be open for the public to view. Each piece of data will be entered into a database in the library that can be searched by viewers. Memoirs in the hall include: diaries, jourals, letters, or even stories. The memorial hall's collection of photos expands on a daily basis. Family members or friends can simply call in and contribute to the list of names, or the seemingly never-ending amount of pictures. The entire memorial is dedicated to the unfortunate and innocent victims who, on this day, were given a very slim chance of survival.