"We Were Ignorant" - Relief 80 Years After the World's First Nuclear Test in the Western Us

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"I'm 93 years old this year, and I've never heard such a loud bang before or since." Tularosa is a small village in the western US state of New Mexico. Early in the morning on "that day" 80 years ago, Lucy Benavides Garwood, then 13 years old, was asleep at home when she was woken up by a tremendous noise and shaking. Dishes in the cupboard were clattering.