On August 6th 1945, a bomb was dropped over Hiroshima, a city in Japan.
One of the victims to radiation was Sadako Sasaki, she was only 2 years old in 1945 and at the age of 11, like other children she became sick.
When she was sick, Sadako heard the story that the crane, which is a sacred bird in Japan, grants a wish to someone who folds one thousand paper cranes.
So Sadako immediately began folding cranes four her one wish: to get well again.
When Sadako died in October 1955, she had folded only 644 cranes but her friends folded the remaining ones.
In 1958, a statue of Sadako holding a golden crane was unveiled in Hiroshima Peace Park.
At the botton of the statue you can read:
“This is our cry.
This is our prayer.
Peace in the world”.
Today, people all aver the world fold paper cranes and send them to Sadako’s monument in Hiroshima.
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Giorgia Granocchia
Agnese Reitano
Ilaria Cacioppoli
Sara Bistocchi
THESE ARE OUR CRANES FOR SADAKO
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