Kostia Nekharasova playing at home. Kostya has Down Syndrome, is sick often and had to have his fingers separated through surgery. His sister Natalya had a brain tumor when she was 8 years old. Their mother Ludmilla swam in Techa River when she was young, the village was contaminated by the explosion in 1957. Bashakul is only 20 kilometers from Mayak. (Half life book page 45)