Tsutomu Yamaguchi recently passed away. Don't know the name? If not, be sure to read his story. To summarize: Mr. Yamaguchi's fame comes from a spectacular case of bad timing. He was visiting Hiroshima on business the day it was nuked. He survived, and after getting bandaged up he returned home...to Nagasaki.
Yeah, you know what happened next. Forget Lou Gehrig. This was the real luckiest man on earth. To live through two A-bombs--and to survive for decades afterward without sprouting wings or flippers--is nothing less than an act of God. Or whoever Mr. Yamaguchi happened to worship.
PS. The article notes that James Cameron is planning to make a film about "nuclear weapons." Oh God. Oh God no.
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