70th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki- informative writing

In class we have watched, read and reviewed items about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. An outcome has been to write news reports on these events as if we were there shortly after. Here are Courtney's and Lily P-B's:

BOMB DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA- KILLS THOUSANDS

Yesterday the 6th of August a new type of bomb was dropped from an american B-29 bomber, the ‘Enola Gay’ over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, leaving tens of thousands dead and almost everyone one else injured.

The President of the United States Harry S. Truman confirmed that there was only one bomb dropped on Hiroshima, also stating that it was an atomic bomb costing more than two billion dollars. Truman made it very clear that they were willing to destroy every productive enterprise the Japanese have in any city.

A survivor of the bomb mentioned as soon as the bomb was dropped the city was engulfed in flame. The fire burned almost everything to the ground, leaving the city covered in rubble and smelling terribly of burned skin and rotting bodies. A black rain fell later that day and shadows that have been left burnt into concrete. (Courtney)

Bombing Of Hiroshima Kills Thousands

On the 6 of August 1945 an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. This was dropped from an American Plane named Enola Gay, piloted by colonel Paul Tibbets. The Americans dropped the bomb because they wanted the Japanese to surrender.

The new type of bomb had more power than 20,000 tons of TNT. It completely wiped out Hiroshima, killing 70,000 people instantly, and left peoples shadows burnt on staircases and walls. After that, fires spread quickly which killed many more and leaving a terrible smell of burning fires and bodies.

The survivors were badly injured and burnt. Most of these survivors ended up with radiation sickness 10-20 days after it had happened. Not long after Hiroshima had been wiped out black rain started to appear,

Three days after the bomb hit Hiroshima the U.S decided to drop another one on Nagasaki, making the Japanese surrender which meant an end to World War II.
Lily P-B