Shorts: Double Blasted

Radiolab

• Episode: Shorts: Double Blasted
• Website: Radiolab
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• Published: 2012-07-17 01:00

In early August of 1945, Tsutomu Yamaguchi had a run of the worst luck imaginable. A double blast of radiation left his future, and the future of his descendants, in doubt. In this short: an utterly amazing survival story that spans ... well, 4 billion years when you get down to it.