Origins of Ghosts True Story of Sadako in Japan

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Sadako Sasaki was born January 7, 1943; short life ended on 25 October 1955 when he was two years old, an atomic bomb was dropped by the United States in Hiroshima, Japan. Sadako lived near Misasa Bridge in Hiroshima where the bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945 At that time he did not know that he has been the victim of radiation after the bombing.

Sadako was a bright child, cheerful, very energetic, until his parents always warned him to sit tight for a while. Sadako was like running around. He really enjoyed being part of the "relay team" at school. Until he did not tell anyone that he began to feel dizzy while running. One moment, he fell in front of the teacher, sage called his parents to come to school. Dated February 21, 1955, Sadako began to enter the hospital. Sadako was diagnosed with leukemia contracted as a result of the atomic bomb. Her mother calls the "atomic bomb disease" (an atomic bomb disease).
In November 1954, smallpox grow on the back of the neck and ears. In January 1955, the nascent purple colored spots on his legs. On February 21, 1955, Sadako had to be hospitalized because doctors diagnose Sadako suffering from leukemia and was sentenced to life can only be a maximum of one year.

On August 3, 1955, a best friend Chizuko Hamamoto named Sadako who came to see Sadako in the hospital with a gold paper to make paper cranes, because it is based on the classic Japanese tale, if somebody makes a thousand paper cranes, then the request will be granted. Evolving story mentions that Sadako only able to complete 644 paper cranes before her death, and his friend continued until 1000 and buried all the bodies with Sadako. Another story of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum stated that by the end of August 1955, Sadako completed 1,000 paper cranes and continue to make more.

Since  Sadako began making paper cranes to ask for healing for him. Strands of paper cranes hung over his bed with a piece of thread. Although Sadako had a lot of time in the hospital to fold the crane, he ran out of paper. He was using the medicine wrappings and whatever he could pick. He was visiting another patient's room to ask for recycled paper gift wrap visitors who come to visit patients. Chizuko also brought papers for him. Sadako wished to fold the crane 1000, but unfortunately, he was only able to fold 644 before his death.

 
Sadako's condition worsened drastically, making both parents and his brothers were sad to see it dying. His mother made ​​a patterned kimono cherry blossoms that can be worn before he died. When it Sadako felt his condition improved so that he allowed to go home for a few days. Sadako's friends with a boy named Kenji, an orphan, who also suffered from leukemia but already in an advanced stage. Kenji had been exposed to radiation since he was in his mother's womb. Sadako tried to give Kenji stork story of hope with gold (the golden crane story), but Kenji aware of the fact that it is near. His mother had already died, and he had learned how to read a chart blood (blood charts) and already knew that she was in a dying condition. When at home While in the hospital, Sadako saw with his own eyes the death of Kenji, and he was devastated. Sadako knew that the turn was coming soon.
After her family forced her to eat something, Sadako requested green tea and commented "It's good." That sentence is the last sentence. Surrounded by his family, Sadako died on October 25, 1955 at the age of 12 years. Her friends completed the manufacture of paper cranes rest until both the 1000 heron collected and buried with Sadako's body.

After the death of Sadako, his friends published a collection of letters to raise funds that will be used to build a memorial monument to Sadako and all the children who died from the effects of the atomic bomb. In 1958 a statue of Sadako holding a golden crane stands in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, the Japanese call it by name Genbaku Dome. At the foot of the statue there is a plaque that read:

"This is our cry. This is our prayer. Peace on Earth. "
("This is our screams. This is our prayer. Lah Peace on Earth").

In Seattle Peace Park is also a statue of Sadako. Sadako has become a symbol of the effects of nuclear war, reminded how dangerous nuclear war. Sadako is also a heroine for girls in Japan. Her story is told in Japanese schools to commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima. As for her dedication, residents of Japan celebrate August 6 as National Peace Day.

The story of Sadako became famous also among schoolchildren outside of Japan because it was written into a novel. The Day of the Bomb written by an Austrian writer Karl Bruckner nationality. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes first published in 1977 written by Eleanor COERR. Robert Jungk also wrote Children of the Ashes, in which is written the story of Sadako anyway. Every year, thousands of paper cranes sent by children and adults from all over the world to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Crane is a symbol of hope for a better future is peace without suffering