Masako's Story

On August 6, 1945, when the world''s first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, the Furuta family was living one mile away from the hypocenter. Five year old Kikuko, her mother, Masako, and her two brothers barely escaped with their lives. However, their soldier father was not so fortunate. Masako never talked about her family''s experiences on that day and the grim days following the bombing. Th...