Kansas City PSR We Must Prevent What We Cannot Cure

In this photo, an attendee takes the mic to ask a question. Photo courtesy of Jim Hannah, PeaceWorks Kansas City. Description courtesy of Ann Suellentrop, PeaceWorks KC/ Kansas City PSR and Jane Stoever, PeaceWorks KC.

Atsuki Mori displays pictures of her grandmother’s fiance’s nephew, who had perfect sight as a baby in Hiroshima and then had his left eye destroyed by glass from a window shattered by the first nuclear attack on Hiroshima in 1945. Photo courtesy of Jim Hannah, PeaceWorks Kansas City. Description courtesy of Ann Suellentrop, PeaceWorks KC/ Kansas City PSR and Jane Stoever, PeaceWorks KC.

In this photo, passers-by examine a display of photos and documents highlighting the impact of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Photo courtesy of Jim Hannah, PeaceWorks Kansas City. Description courtesy of Ann Suellentrop, PeaceWorks KC/ Kansas City PSR and Jane Stoever, PeaceWorks KC.

In this photo, Dave Pack helps hang peace cranes. Photo courtesy of Jim Hannah, PeaceWorks Kansas City. Description courtesy of Ann Suellentrop, PeaceWorks KC/ Kansas City PSR and Jane Stoever, PeaceWorks KC.

People of all ages showed up to attend the commemoration event. Photo courtesy of Jim Hannah, PeaceWorks Kansas City. Description courtesy of Ann Suellentrop, PeaceWorks KC/ Kansas City PSR and Jane Stoever, PeaceWorks KC.

In this photo, Inoru Wade speaks of having roots in Japan and, in Kansas City, counseling First Responders. Photo courtesy of Jim Hannah, PeaceWorks Kansas City. Description courtesy of Ann Suellentrop, PeaceWorks KC/ Kansas City PSR and Jane Stoever, PeaceWorks KC.

In this photo, Kosuke Mori-Kreiner rings the gong, marking 74 years since the US nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Photo courtesy of Jim Hannah, PeaceWorks Kansas City. Description courtesy of Ann Suellentrop, PeaceWorks KC/ Kansas City PSR and Jane Stoever, PeaceWorks KC.