The Man Who Survived Being Shot Through the Head By the World’s Strongest Laser

Hiroshi Couchi

In 1999, Japanese scientists were conducting an experiment combining uranium and uranyl nitrate solution to see if it would dissolve in water, creating a self-contained radioactive coolant chamber. The experiment failed miserably and caused a massive meltdown, affecting Couchi the worst. Couchi suffered for 83 days until he eventually passed, a documentary team spend those days with him, observing his descent into radioactive death.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.