{"id":2310,"date":"2014-08-11T08:42:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T08:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=2310"},"modified":"2014-08-11T16:16:44","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T16:16:44","slug":"indonesian-family-reunited-with-girl-ten-years-after-tsunami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/indonesian-family-reunited-with-girl-ten-years-after-tsunami\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesian family reunited with girl ten years after tsunami"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sonami\"<\/a>An Indonesian family from Aceh has found their daughter ten years after she was swept away in the 2004 tsunami.
\nRaudhatul Jannah was given up for dead after tidal waves separated her from her parents when she was just four-years-old, along with her seven-year-old brother Arif Pratama Rangkuti, on December 26, 2004.
\n\u201cGod has given us a miracle,\u201d her mother Jamaliah said. \u201cMy husband and I are very happy.\u201d
\nThe girl was found in June when her brother spotted her in a village as she was walking fome from school, The Guardian reported.
\nWhen he asked about her, he found out that she had been swept away to some remote islands south-west of Aceh, where she was later discovered by a local fisherman.
\nThe fisherman then took her back to mainland Indonesia, where his mother was given custody over the girl.
\nAfter the proper checks, she was returned home to her family on Wednesday.
\n\u201cMy heart beat so fast when I saw her. I hugged her and she hugged me back and felt so comfortable in my arms,\u201d her mother was quoted saying by AFP.
\nHer family now have renewed hope that her brother also survived after being swept away by the tsunami which killed more than 170,000 people in Aceh.
\nAll together, the disaster killed over 230,000 people in fourteen countries, inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 meters high triggered by a 9.3 earthquake near Indonesia’s Sumatra.<\/p>\n

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