Saroo's Search
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (158958)
Boise, Idaho
December 11, 2016 8:17pm CST
Wow! What a story! On 60 Minutes tonight was the story that is just mind boggling.
A young five year old Indian boy is separated from his family for twenty five years. He used Google maps to find his home. He had no language to tell people the town's name or even his family's name. He was put in an orphanage and placed with a family who lived in Australia.
His older brother was killed on the train tracks that same night. His mother had stayed in the same village feeling that her son would some day come back home.
Read this fabulous story:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Saroo Brierley Saroo with his mother Born Sheru Munshi Khan Ganesh Tilai, Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India Residence Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Nationality Indian Occupation Businessman Not
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
12 Dec 16
I have heard abiut this story before..its a good one
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Dec 16
Wow, hadn't seen the movies based on this guy's life, but what a story!
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@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
13 Dec 16
Oh, yeah! They told it on 60 Minutes and I was just heart struck. He and his mom were so lucky to get back to one another. What a story of family.
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@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Dec 16
@Jessicalynnt ....Oh, I think she did too. She stayed in that village cause she knew he would be back. ANd he was. She was lucky to get to see him again.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
15 Dec 16
@celticeagle he really did luck out, all things considered, his poor mom did not, but he did.
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@Letranknight2015 (51499)
• Philippines
12 Dec 16
At leas they had some reunion over there. It's just really sad.
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@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Dec 16
Mom stayed in the same village cause she knew he would come back at some point.
