Rika Matsuda with the origami crane from her unsung hero, in 2023. Matsuda family photo
Matsuda family photo
When Rika Matsuda was 7, she got a new bike.
“And I went to the park and started to ride it,” Matsuda said, recalling the moment 10 years later, at 17. She told her story to an interpreter in her native Japanese.
“At first I was really excited because the bike was really, really fast.”
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