Brave boy found alive after two days at sea

Brave boy found alive after two days at sea

Feeling no fear, a five-year-old Indonesian boy spent two days
floating at sea on a mattress to survive the tsunami that killed
thousands of people from his town and was reunited with his
family on Thursday.

"Mother, mother, mother," he cried as he was rushed to his
parents, older brother and younger sister at a refugee camp in
Meulaboh, his home town of 40,000 people in Aceh that was one of
the hardest hit in Sunday's disaster

Wira later calmly recounted to reporters the amazing events
that brought him back to his family, a rare tale of happiness in
the devastated province on the island of Sumatra that has seen
nearly 80,000 people killed by the flooding.

Nursing only a gash to his left leg, Wira said he was playing
with his brother and two-year-old sister near his home when the
waters rushed through.

According to the state Antara news agency, Wira said he held
on to various floating pieces of wood while being swept away.

"I was not afraid because I am used to the sea," Wira said
while massaging his wounded leg.

"As I was still holding to a door, the mattress came by so I
decided to climb on it. I was not afraid, but I was cold."

Wira said he spent two days out at sea until he was found by
fishermen on the lookout for bodies off the coast of Meulaboh. --
AFP