Have I ever told you about Tsutomu "Lucky" Yamaguchi?*
From the South China Morning Post, March 6:
- Thousands of migrants from China’s eastern seaboard are questioning their future in the euro zone’s third-biggest economy as Covid-19 takes hold
- Business is taking a battering and some wonder if they are welcome
Wenzhou and Rome may be 9,300km (5,800 miles) apart but public anxiety about the coronavirus is the same in both places.This is especially true for the thousands of businesspeople from the eastern Chinese coastal city, who have moved to the Italian capital in the last few decades and established one of the biggest Chinese communities in the country.About 100,000 people from Wenzhou, and another 100,000 from nearby Qingtian county, live in Italy, according to official Chinese data, with Milan also hosting a sizable Chinese community.
....MUCH MOREBut many are considering their short and long-term future as Italy reels from the coronavirus epidemic, which has killed more than 100 people and infected roughly 3,100 in the European country.Wu Yue, a businessman from Fujian province who has lived in Rome for 20 years, said many Chinese in Italy were anxious and wondering if they should return home....
*Mr. Yamaguchi was an engineer/draftsman who designed oil tankers. One August day he was about to wrap up a business trip and head home when the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on him.
It was 8:15 a.m., August 6, 1945 in Hiroshima.
When he regained consciousness, temporarily blind, burned and missing an ear he basically had one thought, get the hell out of here, get home. Which he somehow accomplished.
He went to his doctor who didn't recognize him, got patched up, went home to Mrs. Yamaguchi and his son who also didn't recognize him.
The next day he reported for work and was making a report to his higher-ups on the events in Hiroshima when the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on him.
It was 11 am on August 9, 1945 in Nagasaki.
Here are a couple versions of his story:
“Lucky” Yamaguchi: The Man Who Survived Both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombs
The Man Who Survived Two Atomic Bombs
Home Sweet Home:
Nagasaki on a very bad day
This picture was taken within seconds of the bombing, the cloud has not yet risen high enough to form the mushroom shape.
The folks in the foreground aren't looking at the cloud, the shock wave may not have even arrived.
So yes, should I stay or should I go?
Should I stay or should I go now?
If I go there will be trouble
An' if I stay it will be double