Adi Roche a real hero of Chernobyl children

Like a post-apocalyptic horror movie, a decaying and rusting amusement park ferris wheel is all that remains of the Soviet Union’s dream of non-military nuclear power expansion.

It is also testament to the nightmare that began 30 years ago when the Chernobyl power plant exploded, killing dozens initially and affecting the lives of millions ever since.

The ferris wheel once stood in the main square of the city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine. Named after the nearby Pripyat River, the city was founded just 16 years before, on February 4, 1970. It was the ninth nuclear city in the Soviet Union and was built to serve the Chernobyl power plant 3km away.