Wednesday, January 05, 2005

Incredible Story and Picture

An AP story out this morning tells of tsunami survivor Acehnese Rizal Shahputra, who was rescued 100 miles out to sea. The caption of the picture says:
tsunami survivor Acehnese Rizal Shahputra stands on the tree branches and
waves to a cargo ship after being spotted by the crew of a container vessel
in the Indian Ocean, 100 nautical miles (160 kilometers) from the shores of
Aceh province Monday, Jan. 3, 2005. The Indonesian man swept off shore by
last week's tsunami was found afloat on tree branches and debris, the second
person to be found alive at sea by Malaysian ships days after the disaster,
officials said Tuesday.

This is an amazing story, a guy swept out to sea by the tsunami, and he kept alive for a week floating on branches and debris. Looking forward to hearing more on this fellow's story.

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