Kin of well-known A-bomb victim sets eyes on Obama's paper cranes

Kin of well-known A-bomb victim sets eyes on Obama's paper cranes

Photo taken June 18, 2016, at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum shows Masahiro Sasaki, the 74-year-old brother of Sadako Sasaki, one of the most well-known victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, putting his hands together as he gazes at paper cranes handmade by U.S. President Barack Obama during his historic visit to the western Japanese city in May. Sadako Sasaki kept folding paper cranes, believing that her illness would be cured if she folded 1,000 of them, before dying at age 12 from leukemia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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