Since 1990, Peace Park in Seattle has displayed a lifelike statue of Sadako Sasaki, a 12-year-old girl who died from cancer likely caused by the atomic bomb that the United States dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945.
Community members presume it was taken because a thief saw monetary value in its bronze cast.
The feet of Sadako Sasaki in Peace Park in Seattle on Saturday were the only pieces left of the statue. Just over five feet tall, the statue depicts the girl holding an origami crane like one of the many paper cranes she made in the hospital.
The theft of the Sadako Sasaki statue has deeply affected Avery Lockett, who usually visits the park to relax and feel close to his family, leading to an emotional breakdown when he found the statue missing.
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