This man was Ibrahim.After listening to the acquaintances account, Ibrahim immediately sensed the girl could be his long-lost grandchild and, after a closer look at the dark-skinned girl, was indeed convinced she was Wati who went missing in the tsunami seven years ago, the news agency reported.Meri called her parents to come meet her and, once arrived, they immediately confirmed it was their daughter because of a small mole and a scar she had as a child.Yusniar binti Ibrahim Nur, the girl's mother, told The Associated Press she knew it was her daughter. By Star wire services. With the tsunami now really being a part of history (it is amazing to me that it is already 10 years ago! Share this on Facebook. Sign me up Signed Up View more Newsletters. Her brother, however, was no-where to be … A girl who was swept away during the 2004 Indonesian tsunami has been found. read. A 14-year-old Indonesian girl has been reunited with her family ten years after being given up for dead in the 2004 tsunami.Raudhatul Jannah was separated from her family when flood water inundated their home in Meulaboh in the mainly Muslim Aceh province.She says she floated on a plank with her brother and was later picked up from the water.
This woman sometimes beat her and kept her in the streets until 1 a.m., reports She said that she had come [there] by bus from Banda Aceh and was trying to find her way back home but did not know how.
A girl who was swept away during the 2004 Indonesian tsunami has been found.The girl, identified by state news as Wati but whose birth name is Meri Yuranda, was just 8-years-old when the tsunami hit her hometown village of Ujong Baroh. Fri., Aug. 8, 2014 timer 2 min. I just don't know, said Yusniar. Picture: AFPAN eight-year-old girl who was swept away in the Indian Ocean tsunami has been found alive - almost seven years to the day the giant wave hit her Indonesian village.The 15-year-old, known as Wati, was feared dead after she was separated from her mother and two siblings when the devastating tsunami engulfed Ujong Baroh, in West Aceh, the day after Christmas in 2004, Antara news agency reported overnight.But the girl showed up in the nearby city of Meulaboh yesterday and told staff at the Simpang Pelor cafe that she was trying to get home.Wati could remember only one relative's name, her grandfather Ibrahim.She was taken to his house, where she was quickly identified as his missing granddaughter.He sent for the girl's mother Yusniar and father Yusuf, who recognised their daughter from a small scar above her eyebrow that she got when she was six years old.The agency reported that the girl was mistaken for a beggar when she first appeared in the cafe - and said that the events of her seven-year ordeal were not disclosed to the media.It is thought she had wandered all over the Aceh district. AN eight-year-old girl who was lost in the Boxing Day tsunami has been found alive.Aerial view of Aceh province On January 19, 2005 following Boxing Day tsunami. And when I saw the scar over her eye and mole on her hip, I was even more sure.An earthquake estimated between magnitude-9.1 to magnitude-9.3 hit the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2004, triggering the deadly tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people according to the U.S. Geological Survey.Meri's father said that he had placed his daughters on a roof, hoping they would be safe in the flood.
Girl lost in 2004 tsunami reunited with family 10 years later. It might be only for a minute.