Posted on 01/01/2005 2:02:22 PM PST by gortklattu
From an earlier posting:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1310914/posts
Photo family's amazing survival From correspondents in Stockholm January 2, 2005
A SERIES of heart-rending photos showing a mother dashing into the tsunami off Thailand in a desperate bid to save her family were cabled out around the world this week.
But the family's fate remained unknown until today, when the Swedish mum came forward to say they had all survived.
"I was yelling at them to run, but they couldn't hear me," 37-year-old Karin Svaerd told the daily Expressen, describing her desperation as her three sons, brother and brother-in-law snorkelled in the water last Sunday, unaware of the pending danger.
The series of three pictures showed confused vacationers on the Ray Leh Beach in Krabi, Thailand, looking at the water receding before the tsunami hit the beach.
Another shot showed swimmers running in to shore once they saw the tower of water approaching.
But Mrs Svaerd, unlike everyone else in the picture, was running out toward the wave in a desperate bid to reach her family.
Her sons Anton, 14, Filip, 11 and Viktor, 10, could not see the wave. Witnesses heard her scream: "Oh my god, not my children!"
Today, Mrs Svaerd told Expressen: "I yelled 'run, run'." But her voice was drowned out by the roar of the water.
"I got 150 meters out before they started to run. By then they'd also seen the wave."
The family got caught in the tsunami and was tossed around underwater. But one by one they managed to get to their feet and make it to higher ground.
An hour after the first wave hit, the family members, including Mrs Svaerd's husband and sister, who were sunbathing on the beach, had managed to locate each other.
"We all survived. That feeling is hard to describe," she said.
Agence France-Presse
New Year's Eve lasts several dayz here...
My eyes are always changing.
Heh
Got some big bizness deals coming up this year!
Thank you Squantos for pinging me to such wonderful good news! Thank God they made it!
Thanks very much for the bump. This makes my day.
patent
You're welcome.
I went through the old thread and found those who posted opinions that were as "pessimistic" as mine. I felt it was a freeper duty to get the good word out, so spent some time getting the bumps out.
I was very happy when I saw this news, it had to be shared.
can you give me a link to the photo of the women under the bridge?
Just terrific news!
Can you point me to a single person who said such a thing?
I haven't seen one.
Here's the other thread, many posters thought that the woman was an idiot
Nobody called the woman an idiot. I have no idea why that person wrote that.
I was pretty surprised by the post but it was so straightforward that I couldn't imagine someone was mistaken about the observation. After your post, I went and looked at the original thread and you are right I didn't see any comments along the lines of those in #26. Oh well, I guess everyone makes mistakes.
These are the best I can do now, but they do give you an idea of what mom, mad and and the kids look like.
I'm sure more will show up.
Le Soir en ligne ....Mère courage.... Photo AFP
longjack
They have quite a story to tell.
For years I jumped at airshows in Europe; my jump stories will pale in comparison to that one event.
Thanks for the additional information.
Mom, Dad and the kids....I got it right this time.
This is at home in Sweden after the event. Her foot looks injured. A German paper said she was swept onto a palm tree, and that the kids were swept onto high Ground.
Corriere Della Serra....Photo AFP
longjack
OH thank God. What wonderful news that they survived!
Since I am one of the older members around here (well predating my 1998 current sign-up) I am not sure that ALL of the old members are like that. I have recently discovered, among other things, that advocating the hospitable reception of citizens from our friends and allies is the equivalent of fostering jihadis, just as apparently you have learned that lowering our flag in memory of the world's present tragedy demeans the symbol of our great nation.
"lived to eat meatballs another day"
That was really funny, you fat piece of shit faggot.
Say what?
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