Kikue Shiota remembers it was a beautiful day on the day of the bombing. Suddenly there was a loud boom and a bright flash “like a thousand magnesium bulbs had been turned on all at once.” She thought her eyes had been burned. Her house was leveled to the ground, with her and her sister trapped under it. Beams and other pieces of the house were falling on top of them. Kikue soon lost consciousness. Her father saved them from the ruins of their house and took them down to the river. She saw people with their skin peeling off soaking in the river. She compared it to the skin of a tomato. She looked out at the city and saw a sea of flames. Then the skies turned dark and a black, inky rain began to fall. She walked through the city trying to find