Crawl Toward the Light: The Story of Setsuko Thurlow

At thirteen, Setsuko Thurlow survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Buried in rubble, she heard the words “crawl toward the light”, a message that shaped her life. This episode tells how she turned that darkest morning into a lifelong fight for peace, so no child ever has to endure what she did.

Sources: Testimonies from Setsuko Thurlow (Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, 2017; ICAN Survivor Voices), Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, ICAN official site, Discover Nikkei interviews, Atomic Archive, and historical records on Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the 1954 Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb test.