The Doctor Who Survived The Atomic Bomb - Episode 7.

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.Episode Seven: Into the AbyssIt is April 1944. Aidan MacCarthy is on a prison ship heading for Japan with 1,200 fellow prisoners packed into holds that resemble the slave ships of an earlier century. On the final night of the voyage, with the lights of the Japanese mainland in sight, the prisoners sing Vera Lynn songs on deck. Then the torpedo strikes. MacCarthy is in the water for 12 hours in the East China Sea, treating the injured on floating wreckage, watching a Japanese destroyer beat survivors and throw them overboard, and praying a simple prayer. Please God, don't let me die. Not now. Not after so much. He is eventually rescued by a Japanese whaling boat and brought ashore at Nagasaki, where 82 survivors stand naked on the dock. He can barely believe he is still alive. He can barely believe his own signature when he writes his name.Episode Eight coming soon.