The tree is a descendant of one of under 200 trees still alive in the Hiroshima area after the atomic bombing that occurred on Aug. 6, 1945 — nearly 80 years ago.
That tree is a descendant of one of under 200 trees still alive in the Hiroshima area after the atomic bombing that occurred on Aug. 6, 1945 — nearly 80 years ago.
"When we started Green Legacy Hiroshima, there were 170 A-bomb survivor trees," said Nassrine Azimi, the initiative's co-founder."These are trees labeled as such by Hiroshima City, within a two-kilometer radius of the hypocenter. Now, there are 160."Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters.
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