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Why 6 August Hiroki Dropped The Atomic Bomb
In 1945 Hiroshima, Japan there was a kid called Hiroki meaning abundant, joy and joyful. Hiroki, Hiroki was 9 years old. He had a little sister named Aiko which was 3 years old. And her name meant love child and of course they were with their parents. They lived in a big house. Hiroki’s dream was to live in a happy life, a good job, a wife, children who are doing well in school and a house.

In 6 August Hiroki’s family was the only family that were warned that America were going to drop the atom bomb.They were warned because Hiroki’s dad worked at this news but a bit more special than just news, his work was about knowing things before it happens, they check the other countries and warn if they are getting bombed or not. But they didn’t know when, and they were afraid to tell everyone because it would’ve been chaotic or people wouldn’t believe them.

Although Hiroki’s family didn’t want their people to get hurt so they quietly packed without anyone knowing. The thing that Hiroki’s family didn’t know was that the atom bomb was going to be dropped at that day. But as soon as Hiroki's father came out of the house he ran back inside and told everyone to go under a table...a few seconds later…….the atom bomb dropped.
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But the explosion was so powerful that it also knocked their house down. When Hiroki woke up there was nothing left from his house. No ceiling, no walls no nothing but….all he found was corpses..Hiroki refused to look at the corpses. He walked forward and couldn’t believe his eyes. There was destruction everywhere, there was debris everywhere, he had never seen anything like this. Hiroki walked out of the area...but he didn’t know his area limit, there was debris everywhere but he kept on walking, he couldn’t find any other person living. Hiroki went back to his destroyed house, he picked up the pieces of his house to find anything useful but he

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