[MiltonFriedmanFan]

How does one survive a direct nuclear blast at ground zero and never suffer any lasting complications?

[silentreignofheroes]

You don’t,
But you can survive

[Hunble]

How does one survive a direct nuclear blast at ground zero and never suffer any lasting complications?

If your survive the initial blast effects and are in the shadow of any gamma-rays, your chance of surviving a nuclear blast are very good.

That is why U.S. Army troops could be located close to the nuclear test blasts in Nevada and not be harmed, since they were in slit trenches and protected.

[Woodman]

There is a group of three men from Nagasaki who survived both basts. They worker for Mitsubishi and were on business at Hiroshima for the first blast. On their way home there train was pulling into the station at Nagasaki when the second blast occurred. I'm not sure if they are all still alive, but they were 5 - 7 years ago when I read an interview with them. One of the most amazing stories I ever read.