Bob Geldart
bgeldart at verizon.net
Sat Jan 9 16:00:23 CST 2010
Amazing! Every day _is_ a gift. At 1/9/2010 11:40 AM, Arthur Fuller wrote: >Yesterday Sutomo Yamaguchi died, at age 93. He is the only known survivor of >the only two nuclear bomb-blasts in history. He went to Hiroshima on a >business trip in 1945, arriving the day before the first nuclear explosion. >Miraculously, he survived, the upper half of his body badly burned but for >some reason his lower half was protected by his pants. After a brief visit >to the hospital, he took the train home. To Nagasaki. He tried to explain to >his family and friends that a single bomb had completely destroyed the >entire city of Hiroshima. No one believed this possible. > >A few days later, it happened again, this time to his native city, Nagasaki. >Again, he survived. He declared to himself, "After this, everything is a >Gift." He lived to be 93 years old. Yesterday, he died. Rest In Peace, >Yamaguchi-san! > >Arthur >_______________________________________________ >dba-Tech mailing list >dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com Bob Geldart BGeldart at verizon.net Maynard, MA