Shigeaki Mori, Hiroshima Survivor Photographed With Obama, Dies at 88
He lived through the first atomic bombing in Japan and then spent decades researching the identities of 12 American P.O.W.s killed in the attack.
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Hiroshima Survivor Shigeaki Mori, Embraced by Obama, Dies at 88
Shigeaki Mori, an 88-year-old survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb known for his research on American prisoners of war and famously embraced by Barack Obama, has passed away. His work led to U.S. confirmation of the deaths of 12 captured American service members in the bombing.
Japanese atomic bomb survivor who hugged Obama in Hiroshima dies at 88
Shigeaki Mori, the Japanese atomic bomb survivor whose hug with then US president Barack Obama at a 2016 remembrance event in Hiroshima went viral globally, has died at the age of 88, just days after…
Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivor Shigeaki Mori Dies at 88
Shigeaki Mori, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb known for his research on American prisoners of war in Hiroshima, has died at 88. He was thrown into a river by the blast on August 6, 1945.