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Sadako Sasaki was born on January 7, 1943 she was a baby in war-torn Japan.

On August 6, 1945, the B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Sadako’s home was located about 1.2 miles (2 kilometres) from ground zero where the bomb exploded. Sadako and her parents miraculously survived the explosion and were able to escape.

By January of 1955 she had developed purpura, a skin condition recognizable by red or purple discoloured spotting, and had been diagnosed with leukemia.

Faced with free time while in the hospital receiving care, Sadako took up origami. There is a Japanese legend that says if you fold 1,000 paper cranes, the gods will grant you a wish.

Some stories say that Sadako never finished her thousand paper cranes. She finished 644 on her own before she was too weak to continue, and her family and friends finished the remainder for her.

However, her older brother, Masahiro Sasaki, who speaks about her life at events, says that Sadako finished over 1,400 paper cranes on her own.

The story is from medium.com