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Tsunami survivor rescued after 15 days adrift at sea
Ali Afrizal, 21, a carpenter from Aceh Jaya, Indonesia, survived 15 days on a wooden plank after the December 26 tsunami. He prayed to Allah as giant waves obliterated his village and watched sunsets and moonrises while drifting in the Indian Ocean near Sumatra. He clung to a branch, split coconuts for water, and hoped his family and girlfriend survived among 150,000 dead across 11 nations.
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