Nagasaki mourns death of 5,500 school A-bomb victims

Nagasaki mourns death of 5,500 school A-bomb victims

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki citizens mourn the death of about 5,500 pupils and teachers in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city in an annual ceremony at the city's Peace Hall on Aug. 1. Mourners offered a silent prayer at 11:02 a.m., the time the bomb exploded over the city on Aug. 9, 1945.

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