76th Anniversary of the Bombing of Nagasaki

At 11:03 am local time, the second atomic bomb named 'Fat Boy' is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. It is four times more powerful than the one detonated over Hiroshima three days earlier. Nagasaki was the third choice to be bombed. When weather conditions prevent the second target from being visualized, the crew of Bockscar flew to Nagasaki. Among the ruins is the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception on Santo Street, known as the Urakami Cathedral. Here is a link to the details of the destruction of what was once the largest Catholic Church in the Pacific. It is estimated on the day of the bombing there were 12,000 Catholics in the parish living in the neighborhood and that 8,500 did not survive the bombing.