The Doctor Who Survived The Atomic Bomb - Episode 10.

The Doctor Who Survived the Atomic BombThe true story of Aidan MacCarthy. An Irish doctor who survived Dunkirk, a torpedoed prison ship, and 3 and a half years as a Japanese prisoner of war. A man who was 1 mile from the epicentre when the atomic bomb fell on Nagasaki. And survived.A tale of courage, endurance, and an extraordinary will to survive. A story so remarkable it deserves to be on the big screen.This bonus episode tells the story of how the remarkable life of Air Commodore Aidan MacCarthy came to be told as a podcast series, why it deserves to be told on the big screen, and why — as the last survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki pass from us — the story of what happened on August 6th and August 9th 1945 matters more than ever. A warning from history. And a tribute to one of the most extraordinary Irishmen of the 20th century.Thank you for listening to The Doctor Who Survived the Atomic Bomb, produced by Cool Bios.