The Man Who Survived Two Atomic Bombs

In August 1945, Tsutomu Yamaguchi left home on a routine work trip and stepped into the heart of two cataclysms. He is the only person officially recognised as having survived both atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

This episode of A Point In Time follows Yamaguchi’s life across just a few days: from an ordinary morning in Hiroshima, through the blinding flash that changed everything, to his battered journey back to Nagasaki — only to face a second nuclear blast.

Through his own documented testimony and survivor accounts, we trace his movements hour by hour: the shipyard assignment, the moment of the first detonation, the chaotic ruins and desperate search for help, the overnight train ride home, and the surreal horror of sitting in a Nagasaki office as the second bomb deton ...