21 March 2005

Shigeko Sasamori Cousins featured in Ventura County Star

Distant echoes
Now 73, a Hiroshima nuclear bomb survivor recalls the horror
By Kim Lamb Gregory

The snow-white contrail streaking over Hiroshima's blue summer sky looked so dramatic, 13-year-old Shigeko Nimoto felt compelled to nudge the classmate walking at her side.

"I told my classmate, 'Look at the beautiful plane and like a white angel tail! It's so pretty,' " said Nimoto, whose last name is now Sasamori. "I didn't know it was an American plane."

Read the full article on the Ventura County Star website

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Crossing of paths
A timeline of Shigeko Sasamori’s life and events surrounding the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan.