He barely had time to think before the panorama of the city became a panorama of fire.
John Hersey – Hiroshima
Fire Panorama
F
City Disappeared
C
Hiroshima had disappeared under a thick, churning foam of flames and smoke.
John Hersey – Hiroshima
Child’s Cry
C
She heard a child cry, ‘Mother!’, but saw no one.
John Hersey – Hiroshima
Sickness Begins
S
People who had been only slightly injured then began to feel quite sick.
John Hersey – Hiroshima
Dying in River
D
The river was full of the dead and dying.
John Hersey – Hiroshima
Landscape of Ruin
L
Everywhere she looked, she saw a landscape of ruin.
John Hersey – Hiroshima
Burnt Faces
B
Their faces were wholly burned, their eye sockets were hollow, the fluid from their melted eyes had run down their cheeks.
John Hersey – Hiroshima
Lost Livelihoods
L
The explosion had left them without means to make a living.
John Hersey – Hiroshima
Rebirth Questioned
R
They wondered if Hiroshima could ever come back to life.
John Hersey – Hiroshima
Mind of God
M
If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason – for then we would know the mind of God.
Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time