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Tsunami Reality: Mom Sees Daughter Float Away
Natural disasters like earthquakes and floods certainly make us sad, but I don’t think the terrifying reality of something like this hits home until you read a chilling story like this one…Just like any panicked mother would do, Taitasi Fitiao ran to her daughter’s school after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the Samoan islands early Tuesday, triggering a tsunami. The school has released the students early and Taitasi was uniting with her daughter, probably squeezing her as tightly as possible and breathing a huge sigh of relief, when the huge wave came.
She held her daughter’s hand as long as she could and the force of the water crashing down caused her to let go. She heard her six-year-old daughter call out, “Mom, please.” And then she was gone. They found her body 24 hours later and she was still wearing her backpack and school uniform. Can you imagine such a horrific nightmare coming true? In an instant, your life changes forever and you actually have to watch it unfold. Unbelievable.
To date, 168 people are confirmed dead after Tuesday’s tsunami – 22 killed in American Samoa, 139 in Samoa and seven in Tonga. The Fitiao family plans to bury their daughter in the front yard, as is the custom. You can read the full story on CNN.
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TolaniLucia commented on Oct 02 09 at 9:20 pmSo very sad.
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