Shigeaki Mori was 8 years old when he survived the Aug. 6, 1945 U.S. attack, only one and a half miles away from the blast.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Shigeaki Mori, the Hiroshima survivor immortalized in an Obama embrace during the president’s 2016 peace memorial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) hugs atomic bomb survivor Shigeaki Mori as he visits Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in ...

TOKYO(AP) — Shigeaki Mori, a Japanese atomic bomb survivor in Hiroshima and a historian but best known for a big hug he was given by then U.S. President Barack Obama during his historic visit to the ...

Mori was eight years old when the US dropped atom bomb on Hiroshima dueing World War II.