 Scientists believe it can be a game changer for ocean waste management. Tracy Wolf, CBS News, New York. The Seattle Police Department is searching for someone who stole a statue of a Hiroshima bombing victim from Peace Park. Sadako Sasaki was 12 years old when she died from leukemia, 10 years after the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb near her home on Honshu Island in 1945. Friday morning, someone discovered her five-foot bronze tribute had been cut off at the feet and hauled away.