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The federal government never warned them about the bomb test, never evacuated them after the blast, or advised them about the potential health consequences of nuclear fallout.

Scientists and military leaders proceeded with the first atomic bomb test despite acknowledging the risk of a catastrophe.

Thursday marks 70 years since Trinity Test took place as part of the Manhattan Project, a top-secret World War II nuclear development program.