A crane folded by Sadako was discovered at her brother's house; it was used as a model for the Children's Atomic Bomb Statue (Kyodo News)

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A crane folded by Sadako was discovered at her brother's house; it was used as a model for the Children's Atomic Bomb Statue (Kyodo News)

A folded paper crane was found at the home of Masahiro Sasaki (83), the older brother of Sadako Sasaki, who died at the age of 12 after the Hiroshima atomic bombing and was the model for the Children's Atomic Bomb Statue in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Masahiro said he suspected it was the crane his sister had folded and hung in her hospital room, saying, "It was the crane she wanted most."