{"id":7744,"date":"2016-03-29T02:51:09","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T10:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=7744"},"modified":"2016-04-05T17:02:48","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T01:02:48","slug":"did-a-survivor-of-the-bombing-of-hiroshima-meet-one-of-the-men-who-dropped-the-bomb-on-a-reality-tv-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2016\/03\/29\/did-a-survivor-of-the-bombing-of-hiroshima-meet-one-of-the-men-who-dropped-the-bomb-on-a-reality-tv-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Did a Survivor of the Bombing of Hiroshima Meet One of the Men Who Dropped the Bomb on a Reality TV Show?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about TV and whether they are true or false. Click here<\/a> to view an archive of the TV urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n

TV URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: An episode of “This Is Your Life” introduced a survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima to the co-pilot of the plane that dropped the bomb.<\/p>\n

Imagine that you survived the detonation of an atomic bomb dropped on to your city.<\/p>\n

Now imagine that you dedicated your life to charity related to the victims of the bombing.<\/p>\n

Now imagine you’re doing a talk show to discuss the charity when suddenly you discover you are on a reality show and you are going to meet the co-pilot of the plane that dropped the bomb on your city.<\/p>\n

That would be a pretty twisted situation, wouldn’t it?<\/p>\n

But that’s exactly what happened to Reverend Kiyoshi Tanimoto.
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A Methodist minister, Tanimoto survived the destruction of Hiroshima and was later one of the six subjects featured by John Hersey in his world-famous article series (and later book), Hiroshima…<\/p>\n

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