Little Boy’s explosion moved with a vertical velocity at just over the speed of sound.Īs Tibbets maneuvered the Enola Gay away from the blast, the plane was rocked by a series of shock waves.
Below there was instant death and obliteration. In a split second, Hiroshima ceased to exist. The radioactive fallout from the bomb caused horrific damage for years afterwards.
In the years since, both Tibbets and the Enola Gay have been at the center of various controversies.
