Hiroshima

"How did your mother survive the bomb," I said.

"My Mom is 50. The bomb was 70 years ago," said Maya. 

"My grandmother survived the bomb. She was living in a village outside of Hiroshima when she saw the mushroom cloud, and knew something was wrong."

"Many of that generation did not speak of it for many years. And then they realized the story had to be told. So they started speaking. Some even learned English so they could tell their story to the West, so this will never happen again."

"I met an 80 year old Japanese man on a plane to the States last year," Maya said. "When I asked him where he was going, he said "A three month home-stay. To learn English"."

So his story could be told.