Exactly 25 years ago today, when the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded to its core in Ukraine, Olga Sakovich was 23 and the mother of a eight-month-old living just 62 miles away. Like so many others, the violin teacher evacuated for a while, but then decided to return to her old life a few months later. It wasn’t until 1992 – six years after the world’s worst manmade disaster – that she decided to leave her homeland for good. Her decision came after her second child was born with blue skin and weak organs because of heightened radiation levels near Chornobyl, where the repercussions lasted decades. But instead of resettling in Eastern Europe, Sakovich flew her family half a world away, to Argentina. Read the story here
Fox News: Victims of Chornobyl start a new life in Argentina
The explosion at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant occurred on April 26, 1986. Consequences from the nuclear fallout lasted decades.
