HIROSHIMA, Japan With tears and prayers for the dead whosecorpses filled the rivers of Hiroshima 50 years ago, thousands ofpeople set glowing lanterns afloat Sunday night, capping a day oftributes to victims of the world's first atomic attack.
"People were crying for water after the bomb was dropped," saidEiko Dangame, 50. "So we send the lanterns out onto the water toconsole them."
Dangame was a baby when the bomb exploded. Her father died 25years later of complications from radiation poisoning, and every yearsince, she has come to send out a paper lantern with her father'sname written on it.
People gathered on bridges and river banks to watch the …
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