Indonesian Woman found alive 100 nautical miles

[Oversea Visitor]

from Banda Aceh

info at www.thestar.com.my

[tk2kewl]

1. bad link

[Ediacara]

2. The link you gave is broken

Do you have direct link for this story? Perhaps some text too?

And was this woman 100 miles from Banda Aceh in the ocean?

[Minstrel Boy]

3. This may be it:

Woman rescued after 5 days adrift

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- A Malaysian tuna ship rescued an Indonesian woman who drifted for five days in the Indian Ocean after last week's tsunami swept her out to sea from her home on Sumatra island, an official said Monday.

Melawati, 23, was spotted alive Friday while clinging to an uprooted sago palm tree in waters near Aceh province, said Goi Kim Par, manager of the Malaysian International Tuna Port.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/03/woman.survivor.tree.ap/

[Hokie]

4. Unbelievable

Surviving more than 3 days without fresh water is miraculous.

[Skittles]

9. she was able to cling to a palm tree

which had clusters of fruit on it - that's what saved her from dehydration

[Moderator]

5. Oversea

Please fix your headline to reflect the story's actual title (you can keep the summation in parenthesis). Thanks.

[bpilgrim]

6. Change of route led tuna boat to Aceh victim

PENANG: A fortuitous decision to change route led the Hoom Xiang 8 to Banda Aceh tsunami survivor Malawati, who had been floating in the Indian Ocean for five days.

Ooi Wee Seong, marketing manager of Hoom Xiang Industries Sdn Bhd, which owns the fishing vessel, said their boats usually took a return route between the Andaman Islands and Myanmar.

“Due to strong winds, the captain, Chern Dah Rong, decided to steer his vessel past the Nicobar Islands and Aceh to get back to the Malaysian International Tuna Port in Batu Maung here,” he said in an interview yesterday.

Captain Chern
Ooi said the 45-tonne vessel had been fishing for tuna in the Indian Ocean for almost a month.

”When the tsunami rocked the region on Dec 26, I quickly alerted Chern by satellite radio to be cautious,” he said, adding that he kept daily contact with the Hoom Xiang 8.


Hoom Xiang 8 vessel crewman Rizal Sarnosantoso demonstrates how he first saw Malawati waving at him while his friend R. Asepsrjab tells how they threw a float to rescue her.

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:wow:

peace

[GoddessOfGuinness]

8. Astounding!

Great story!

[Oversea Visitor]

7. Ooops

sorry its
www.thestar.com.my

[George_S]

10. Great news!

We were due for some good news out of that tragedy.