Tsunami Survival Stories

Hope is in short supply right now in south Asia. Here are some amazing stories with happy endings:

* PENANG, Malaysia (AP) 28 Dec 2004 - A 20-day-old baby was found alive floating on a mattress in her parent's damaged restaurant in northern Malaysia after the region was slammed by tsunamis.

* PHUKET, Thailand (AP) 29 Dec 2004 - A Swedish toddler was reunited with his father Wednesday, days after being found alone in the aftermath of the deadly tsunami that swept Asia, after his picture was posted on the internet.

* PORT BLAIR, Andaman and Nicobar Islands (AP) 01 Jan 2005 - As she fled the killer waves swallowing her island, Namita Roy gave birth to a boy in a forest. On another island, 8-month-old Michael Jeremiah slipped out of his mother's arms and sank into the sea until his father saw his toe poke up from the waves and brought him back to life.

* KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Reuters) 05 Jan 2005 - An Indonesian woman who was plucked from the sea after clinging to a palm tree for five days in the wake of a devastating tsunami heard Wednesday that she is 18 weeks pregnant with her first child.

UPDATE: KLANG, Malaysia (AP) 11 Jan 2005 - A man who drifted on the Indian Ocean for two weeks lived on coconuts that he pried open with his teeth while floating on pieces of wood, then a broken boat, and finally a raft carrying a lifesaving treasure: bottled water.