SEATTLE – A statue of Hiroshima bombing survivor Sadako Sasaki, which has stood for decades at Peace Park in Seattle’s University District, has been stolen, according to police. The statue, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by artist Daryl Smith, was erected in 1990 on the north side of the University Bridge, after Quaker activist Floyd Schmoe funded the Peace Park project. Seattle police spokesperson Brian Pritchard said the city’s Parks and Recreation department filed a police report Friday for first-degree theft and malicious mischief. Sasaki was a Japanese girlRead More