Mayor Tory presented Thurlow with a framed scroll. It stated in part that “as a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, you saw the devastating results of nuclear war firsthand, using this life-changing experience to become an ambassador for world peace.”
Setsuko Thurlow told Mayor Tory and the city councillors: “This accomplishment is just the beginning of our struggle. It’s just the prohibition of nuclear weapons. We want the elimination of all the nuclear weapons. Each one of us—you and I together—have to keep working to achieve that goal. It’s a question of life and death. It’s massive death we are potentially confronting.”