The Doctor Who Survived The Atomic Bomb - Episode 9.

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 Nine: The Dawn Comes Up AgainIt is August 9th 1945. The atomic bomb has fallen on Nagasaki. Aidan MacCarthy crawls out of his shelter, swims the Urakami river and immediately gets to work treating the survivors of the worst single act of destruction in the history of warfare. On August 15th the Emperor of Japan announces unconditional surrender. MacCarthy assembles his fellow prisoners in the compound and announces the news in a voice faltering with emotion. They cry, hug each other, drop to their knees and thank God. Then begins the long journey home. Through Okinawa, Manila, San Francisco, across Canada and across the Atlantic. He arrives in Dublin at the end of November 1945 to news that will break his heart. But Aidan MacCarthy has survived everything the world has thrown at him. And he faces what remains of his life with the same quiet determination that carried him through it all. The final episode of The Doctor Who Survived the Atomic Bomb.Thank you for listening.