An Indonesian family was recently reunited with their 14-year-old daughter who went missing during a tsunami a decade ago and was presumed dead.
Raudhatul Jannah slipped out of her parent's grasp during the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean. After a month of continuous searching for the girl, as well as her still-missing brother, the children were presumed dead.
In June that presumption was proved to be false when Jannah's uncle spotted a young teen had similar characteristics as the young girl, according to News.com.au reports.
For the last 10 years, Jannah has been living with the elderly mother of the fisherman who found her. The woman called Jannah "Wenni" and raised her as her own. During that time, Jannah worked in the sun collecting shells to help her foster mother, according to Daily Mail.
Jannah was reunited with her family Wednesday.
"My husband and I are very happy we have found her," Jannah's mother, Jamaliah, told News.com.au.
After reuniting with her family, Jannah is cheerful, but is suffering from trauma because of the tsunami, Daily Mail reports. Although she is 14-years-old she is only in fourth grade because of trauma-induced learning disabilities and she doesn't talk much.
"My heart beat so fast when I saw her. I hugged her and she hugged me back and felt so comfortable in my arms," Jamaliah told Daily Mail.
After the tsunami Jannah was last with her brother, who was 7-years-old at the time of the tsunami, stranded on Banyak Island. This renewed their hope of finding the last missing person of their family.
The 2004 tsunami killed over 230,000 people in 14 countries, leaving many homes, including Jannah's family's, under water.
