Mr. Thoru Hara

Mr. Thoru Hara
age: 45; occupation: office worker; family: wife and two children
<at that time> age: 13; at home (2,000 meters from the hypocenter); mother and two elder sisters injured.

"Should the city of the Peace Memorial be a mere tourist attraction? Should a pathetic man with a keloid scar be a show in a booth?" (written at age 17)

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