Chernobyl child victims visit Sapporo snow festival site

Chernobyl child victims visit Sapporo snow festival site

SAPPORO, Japan - One of three boys from a part of Belarus contaminated by radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster enjoys a snow slide Feb. 5 at the site of the 52nd Sapporo Snow Festival. The boys have been invited to Japan for a monthlong stay by Kakehashi (Bridge) to Chernobyl, a nonprofit group.

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