https://www.pitara.com/tags/atomic-history/Recent content in Atomic History on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/non-fiction-for-kids/features-for-kids/from-heaven-to-hell/Mon, 09 Aug 2004 04:05:15 +0000https://www.pitara.com/non-fiction-for-kids/features-for-kids/from-heaven-to-hell/<p>Kaz Suyeishi will never forget the quiet peace of the cloudless August morning in 1945. The 18-year-old was in the front garden of her home in Hiroshima. She was chatting with a friend, when a gleam of silver in the sky caught her attention. &ldquo;It looked like an angel,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It was the most beautiful airplane. It looked like heaven and peace.&rdquo;</p> <figure class="image-portrait-right has-caption"> <a href="https://www.pitara.com/media/features-178_1.jpg" aria-label="Link to larger image"> <img src="https://www.pitara.com/media/features-178_1_hu_263d309b15c90426.jpg" width="450" height="461" alt="From Heaven To Hell [_Image Source: Darkness of a Thousand Suns: Causes, Complexion and Consequences of the Nuclear Arms Race, by Delhi Science Forum]_" loading="lazy"> </a> <figcaption>From Heaven To Hell [<em>Image Source: Darkness of a Thousand Suns: Causes, Complexion and Consequences of the Nuclear Arms Race, by Delhi Science Forum]</em></figcaption> </figure> <p>The plane was &lsquo;Enola Gay&rsquo;, dropping the world&rsquo;s first atomic bomb, nicknamed &lsquo;Little Boy&rsquo;, over the Japanese city, on August 6. &ldquo;That little bomb changed heaven to hell,&rdquo; recalled Suyeishi. The flash of silver disappeared, replaced by a white spot in the blue sky. The sky changed to gray. Then red. Then black. The next thing Suyeishi remembers is regaining consciousness under a mound of wreckage that had been her neighbour’s house. She is above 70.</p>