Wanting2Help
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Girl swept away in 2004 Tsunami returns home after nearly 7 years
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Dark Knight
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Wow, no kidding, praise the Lord for this miracle!!!!
krimekat
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http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/...-indonesian-tsunami-reunited-with-family.html
The 15-year-old showed up in Aceh province’s hard-hit town of Meulaboh earlier this week, saying that not long after the wave hit she was “adopted” by a woman who called her Wati and forced her to beg, sometimes beating her and keeping her in the streets until 1 a.m.
When the teen stopped bringing in money, she was told, “Go ahead, leave ... go find your parents then, they’re in Meulaboh.”
The 15-year-old showed up in Aceh province’s hard-hit town of Meulaboh earlier this week, saying that not long after the wave hit she was “adopted” by a woman who called her Wati and forced her to beg, sometimes beating her and keeping her in the streets until 1 a.m.
When the teen stopped bringing in money, she was told, “Go ahead, leave ... go find your parents then, they’re in Meulaboh.”
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Meri, who is aged 14 or 15 according to different reports, returned to her hometown remembering only the name of her grandfather, Ibrahim.
Someone at the cafe knew a man by that name and got in touch.
"When I saw my mother, I knew it was her. I just knew it," she said.
"When she saw her mother she yelled 'mama' and ran toward her," her father, Tarmius, told AFP by telephone.
"Both of them hugged each other and cried," he said, according to the Associated Press news agency.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16314365
Someone at the cafe knew a man by that name and got in touch.
"When I saw my mother, I knew it was her. I just knew it," she said.
"When she saw her mother she yelled 'mama' and ran toward her," her father, Tarmius, told AFP by telephone.
"Both of them hugged each other and cried," he said, according to the Associated Press news agency.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16314365
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I'd like to see DNA tests to be sure. I'm trying not to be suspicious of this story but it's not working out for me.
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The story doesn't work out for me either.
belimom
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At this point, I'm believing it - only because I know that at times of disaster, people will prey on innocent children and take them. For nefarious purposes, to make adoption money, for prostitution, for begging, for many reasons. It happened a lot in Haiti.