Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani meets 100-year-old Nagasaki bombing survivor in touching moment
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani met Momoyo Nakamoto Kelley, a 100-year-old Nagasaki atomic bombing survivor.
Shohei Ohtani. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani shared a heartfelt moment with a very special baseball fan before the game against the Colorado Rockies on Saturday, April 18, at Coors Field. Ohtani met Momoyo Nakamoto Kelley, a 100-year-old survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945.
Through the help of her grandson Patrick Faust, Kelley had the chance to meet the Japanese baseball superstar down on the field. After finishing his warmups, Ohtani knelt before her, and the two shook hands. Ohtani also signed a baseball for her.
“I’m so lucky,” she told MLB. com . “I [went] home and called my brother in Japan…it’s a dream come true.
I watch every game they play. ” Shohei Ohtani meets with a 100-year-old Japanese woman who survived the atomic bomb in Nagasaki. Amazing moment at Coors Field.