News - Survivor found 45 days after tsunami

CAMPBELL BAY, INDIA - A young woman who lived on wild fruits and coconuts for 45 days after the tsunami devastated India's Andaman Islands has been rescued. Local police said the 18-year-old was rescued on Wednesday from the southern Andaman island of Pillopanja. Her husband and one-year-old child are missing and presumed dead. Police said another resident returned to the devastated island and found the seriously ill woman on a deserted beach. She's receiving medical treatment for malnutrition and mosquito bites. The young woman fled to the island's forests when the killer waves struck, but did not emerge in time to be evacuated to nearby Campbell Bay island with the rest of the people on Pillopanja who survived the disaster. About 2,000 people are confirmed to have died when the tsunami hit the Andaman Islands. Another 5,500 are still missing and presumed dead.

Source : CBC News