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'''Sadako Sasaki''' was a little Japanese girl who acquired leukemia at the age of twelve from exposure to the atomic bomb dropped by the [[United States]] on [[Hiroshima]] when she was two years old. She attempted to fold a thousand paper cranes before her death in accordance with Japanese tradition, a story that inspired a large monument in her city and several movies.

'''Sadako Sasaki''' was a Japanese girl who acquired [[leukemia]] at the age of twelve from exposure to the atomic bomb dropped by the [[United States]] on [[Hiroshima]] when she was two years old. She attempted to fold a thousand paper cranes before her death in accordance with Japanese tradition (千羽鶴 ''senbazuru''), a story that inspired a large monument in her city and several movies.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160604213855/http://www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp/shimin/heiwa/monument.html</ref>

[[Category:Japanese People]]

[[Category:Japanese People]]