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January 18, 2005
Miracle of little girl plucked from debris
Topics: Southeast Asia Earthquake and TsunamiMiracles do happen, and in the aftermath of the tsunami we have seen one after another. Here we have yet another story of a child's survival in tsunami-ravaged Banda Aceh.
The Courier-Mail (Australia) Jan 19
WHEN Didi Agustinus first saw the body of a little girl lying among 100 others in the mud - he thought she was dead.
(Click image to enlarge - SAVIOUR . . . tsunami survivor Delisa is watched
over by Didi Agustinus, the man who saved her from the mud of Banda
Aceh. Picture: Ng Swan Ti.)
But thinking of his own daughter and hoping that another man would do the same for her, he decided to pluck the body from the debris to ensure the family would get it back.
It was only after he had picked her up and the lifeless body moved slightly that he realised she was alive.
For 41-year-old Didi it was like a miracle. It was 2pm and six hours after a gigantic wave had broken over the shores of northwest Indonesia. Read more...
Posted by Hyscience at January 18, 2005 2:18 PM
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