Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor, who devoted his life for peace, dies at 93

Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to advocating for peace has died. He was 93. Fukahori died at a hospital in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 3, according to the Urakami Catholic Church where he prayed almost daily until last year. Local media reported he died of old age. The church, located about 500 meters from ground zero, is widely seen as a symbol of hope and peace. Fukahori was only 14 when the U.S. dropped the bomb on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, killing tens of thousands of people. A wake is scheduled for Sunday, and funeral services the day after at the Church.