HIROSHIMA, 6 August 1945. That early morning, Hasan Rahaya with his three other colleagues were sitting in a lecture room. They could hear the siren signaling all clear, a sign that the U.S. aircraft had crossed the sky. The students were ready for their Physics class. The lecturer, an elderly man with a bald head, had just scribbled a few letters on the board when a blinding flash blasted the window.

Hasan turned his head to the sudden intrusion. Without warning, his body darted off, smashed into the ceiling, and fell to the ground. The ceiling above him was the next to crumble, dropping a piano from the upper floor that hit Hasan’s head. Blood instantly gushed, and the shock knocked him unconscious. Fortunately, it was that same piano that shielded his life from the deadly wreckage.

A few minutes later, Hasan woke up with excruciating pain weighing his head down. His skin was completely covered in ashes. He attempted to stand, clearing the debris around the piano and his body. It appeared that the surrounding buildings of Hiroshima University, his campus, had all shattered, leaving behind a mere part of the main building.

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