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The 15-year-old showed up in Aceh province's hard-hit town of Meulaboh earlier this week, saying that not long after the wave hit she was "adopted" by a woman who called her Wati and forced her to beg, sometimes beating her and keeping her in the streets until 1 a.m.
Indonesia Tsunami Survivor Returns To Home After 7 Years 2011
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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.
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Either way, without any challenges to the claims, Wati now has a family.
Indonesia Tsunami Survivor Returns To Home After 7 Years 2011
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Wati remembers her father putting her into a boat with her younger sister, long presumed dead as well, and then getting separated.
Indonesia Tsunami Survivor Returns To Home After 7 Years 2011
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Loomba built the Loomba foundation in memory of his mother, Shrimati Pushpa Wati who was widowed in India, a country that until disturbingly recently required widows to burn on the funeral pyres of their deceased husbands, at the young age of 37.
Wendy Diamond: International Widows Day Opens Eyes, Hearts Wendy Diamond 2011
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According to Antara, Wati's parents were reunited with their daughter and reportedly confirmed the teenage girl was their child after recognizing a mole and a scar.
Wati, Indonesian Girl Lost In 2004 Tsunami, Reportedly Returns Home Alive 2011
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With only patchy memories about her past – she was only 8 when the tsunami hit, an age where most children don't know their relatives' full names – Wati began her search, telling people she thought her grandfather was "Ibrahim."
Indonesia Tsunami Survivor Returns To Home After 7 Years 2011
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Wati was 8 when the tsunami hit Aceh and she lost grip of her mother's arm, Antara reports.
Wati, Indonesian Girl Lost In 2004 Tsunami, Reportedly Returns Home Alive 2011
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Yet on Wednesday, Wati's grandfather Ibrahim received a visit from an acquaintance who brought a young girl that was looking for her home.
Wati, Indonesian Girl Lost In 2004 Tsunami, Reportedly Returns Home Alive 2011
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For nearly seven years, Wati's parents believed their daughter had died when a tsunami hit Indonesia's Aceh in December 2004.
Wati, Indonesian Girl Lost In 2004 Tsunami, Reportedly Returns Home Alive 2011
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