Reunited After the Tsunami — Article Cloze

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An Indonesian girl who was separated from her family during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has been — choose —showed upreunitedpresumed with her relatives after seven years.

Sally Sanduska, 14, — choose —out of the bluereunitedshowed up at her grandfather's cafe — choose —showed upbased onout of the blue after a seven year absence. In search of her family, Sally had met a local taxi driver who had helped her find her grandfather — choose —out of the blueaccounting forbased on the details she had provided. Her previous seven years had been a terrible — choose —beatingsordealswept away where she lived with a widow who forced her to beg on the streets.

When Sally was first united with her mother, her daughter had grown so much that the mother did not immediately recognize the girl, but a birthmark on her belly and a mole and scar on her face proved that the little girl was hers.

The girl, — choose —recoveringbeatingsobedient from frequent — choose —recoveringenragingbeatings by the widow, refused to speak to reporters, but the parents said that Sally was separated from them after being — choose —out raceheadedswept away during the 2004 tsunami.

According to the Father, when the tsunami hit their town they fled in a pickup truck, trying to — choose —swept awayheadedout race the big wave that was — choose —out raceheadedswept away their way. The wave proved too fast and too powerful and struck the truck, eventually lodging it against a two-story house.

The family members tried to get out of the truck and climb upon the roof of the house, but the wife and one child got trapped between the truck and house. The father managed to pull them up to safety but two of the daughters, Sally and her sister, were swept away.

After the ordeal, the parents began searching for the lost girls, traveling to any place where there was word of survivors being found. After many years, however, the parents gave up hope and — choose —presumedreunitedtriggered their daughters were dead.

Sally, however, did survive the ordeal but in the meantime a widow had found the lost girl, taken her to another town, and made her work as a beggar, — choose —based onaccounting forhanding out frequent beatings to keep the girl — choose —obedientrecoveringenraging .

Last week, however, Sally refused to beg any longer, — choose —beatingsobedientenraging the widow who beat her one last time and then put her on a bus back to her hometown where Sally was fortunate enough to find the taxi driver who knew her family. Unfortunately, Sally's older sister is still missing.

In December 2004, a giant 9.1-magnitude quake — choose —triggeredpresumedswept away a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that claimed 220,000 victims, with Indonesia — choose —accounting forbased onhanding out three-quarters of that figure.