Setsuko Thurlow, 85, was 13 years old when she was rescued from the ruins of the world’s first atomic bombing in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Setsuko Thurlow, 85, was 13 years old when she was rescued from the ruins of the world’s first atomic bombing in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.On Sunday she receives the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, along with its head Beatrice Fihn.Here is how Thurlow recalled the horrors of that day 72 years ago, in her speech during the ceremony in Oslo:Blinding flash”I still vividly remember that morning. At 8:15, I saw a blinding bluish-white flash from the window.”I remember having the sensation of floating in the air.”As I regained consciousness in the silence and darkness, I found myself pinned by the collapsed building. I began to hear my classmates’ faint cries: ‘Mother, help me. God, help me.
