Family's Love, Persistence Pay Off in End ; 3 Weeks After Storm, Daughter Found Alive
The Columbian › January 20, 2005
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - The last time Amiruddin saw his shy 7- year-old daughter was three weeks ago when the tsunami snatched her away.
In the chaos of flash floods, as the family scrambled toward the roof of their home, a utility pole fell, separating Putri from her mother. "We went to the roof and I couldn't find her," said the mother, Hernini. Like her husband and many others here, she has one name.See the full content of this document
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Family's Love, Persistence Pay Off in End ; 3 Weeks After Storm, Daughter Found Alive
The waters had barely receded when the family began its search for Putri, checking first among the corpses in the streets of their city, Lhokseumawe.
They continued after leaving their destroyed home behin...See the full content of this document
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