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Sadako Sasaki a life time At 8:15 a.m. on August 6th, 1945, near the end of world war 2, America dropped an atomic bomb right in the middle of Hiroshima. Most of the city was destroyed. At the end of the year up to 166,000 had died as a result of the explosion and its effects. There were some survivors and one of them was Sadako Sasaki. Sadako was born 7th January 1943. She was just two years old when the bomb was dropped. She was in her house with her mother and was blown out the window. She survived. She grew up to be a good student, a gifted athlete and a friend of all. Sadly, her life just went down from there. In January 1955, at just 11 years old she was diagnosed with leukaemia. She was told she only had a year left to live. She stayed in Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital. In August 1955 she was moved into a room with a girl called Kiyo. Sadako’s father had told her a legend of the 1000 paper cranes. It was said if anyone folded 1000 paper origami cranes they would be granted a wish. She set herself a goal of folding 1000 paper cranes. Although she had a lot of time she did not have a lot of paper so many of her cranes were medicine or gift wrapping.. On the 25th of October, she died at only 12 years old. She had completed 644 cranes at her death but her friends made the rest and buried them to rest with her. Sadako Sasaki was a real hero and fighter. In my opinion her famous quote should be carried on and “flown” through all wars, I think the world would be a far better place if we were all like Sadako Sadaski and lived by this beautiful quote like how she did… “I will write peace on your wings and you will fly all over the world” -Sadako Sasaki