Who was the most unfortunate person in the history of mankind?

[bigguy]

http://www.quora.com/Who-was-the-most-unfortunate-person-in-the-history-of-mankind

Answer by Nick Hodgson
I have experience teaching history at a high school level.
I've always liked the story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi who I consider both one of the luckiest AND unluckiest men in history.

Yamaguchi was a resident of Nagasaki who was visiting Hiroshima on business on the morning of August 6th 1945 - where he experienced (and survived) the atomic bomb dropped on the city at 8:15 am.  Yamaguchi was injured but never-the-less returned home to Nagasaki where he returned to work on the morning on August 9th 1945 - just in time to experience the second atomic bomb.

He survived again.

Hence he is the luckiest man in history (survived two Atomic bombs) and unluckiest man in history (had two atomic bombs dropped on him).

He actually lived for many years after the war, passing away only a few years ago in 2010.

Tsutomu Yamaguchi

[mrtappan]

And here I was going with Arthur Davidson.

[Jess from VA]

The Norden bomb sight was not that good. 

[Bighead]

It is the conservatives that are living today.

[vanagon40]

HIJACK ALERT

I always figured it was the Apostle Thomas.

I mean, this guy is wandering around Heaven, moaning:

"I cured 9,000 sick people, but does anyone call me Thomas the Healer?"

"I converted 40,000 people to Christianity, but does anyone call me Thomas the Converter?"

"ONE time, my buddies told my that our best friend, who had been killed some time ago, was alive and well, and had entered the room without opening the door, and I said BULLSHIT!  Forever I will be known as DOUBTING THOMAS."