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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Al Jazeera Staff

‘I kept thinking of my child’: Shipwrecked Indonesians back home

Indonesian fisherman Badco Said Jalating could not hold back the tears as he was reunited with his family this week after floating for more than 30 hours at sea when the fishing boat he was on sank during Cyclone Isa.

Hugging his mother and cradling his young son, 40-year-old Badco wiped away tears as he returned home to Rote Island in eastern Indonesia.

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