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Izgubljeni 5-letnik Najde družino 25 Let Pozneje

Človek, ki je uporabil Google Earth, da bi našel svojo dolgo izgubljeno družino

Saroo Brierley je bil star le 5 let, ko ga je vlak pripeljal na stotine milj od doma. Potrebovali so 25 let in tehnološka revolucija, da se je vrnil

S pomočjo Google Zemlje je Saroo Brierley identificiral indijsko mesto, v katerem je odraščal, čeprav ga je nehote zapustil, ko je bil star komaj 5 let.

S pomočjo programa Google Earth je Saroo Brierley identificiral indijsko mesto, v katerem je odraščal, čeprav ga je nehote zapustil, ko je imel komaj 5 let. Foto: CC BY: Johan Larsson

Indijec, ki je bil 25 let ločen od svoje družine, se je uprl pričakovanjem tako, da jih je izsledil – z uporabo komaj kaj več kot nejasnega spomina na svoje otroštvo in nekaj pomoči tehnologije zemljevidov Google Earth. Tukaj je tisto, kar morate vedeti o čudežnem potovanju enega človeka domov:

Kako je bil ločen od družine?
Nekega dne leta 1987 je 5-letni Saroo Brierley preživel popoldne in prosjačil za drobiž s svojim bratom na lokalni železniški postaji. Ko je bil čas za odhod domov, so se fantje vkrcali na vlak, ki se jim je zdel pravi. Motili so se. Izčrpana mlada brata sta zaspala, da bi se zbudila šele 10 ur pozneje na drugi strani Indije, stotine kilometrov stran od svoje družine.

Kaj se je zgodilo, ko so stopili z vlaka?
Podrobnosti so "redke," pravi Kyle Wagner iz Gizmoda , "toda nekaj utrinkov, ki jih dobimo, ni srečnih." Mladi Brierley in njegov brat sta en mesec poskušala najti pot nazaj k staršem. V nekem trenutku se je 5-letnik skoraj utopil v reki Ganges. Ob drugem ga je neznanec poskušal ugrabiti in prodati kot sužnja. Njegov brat je umrl. Sčasoma so oblasti Brierleyja našle in ga razglasile za izgubljenega otroka. Namestili so ga v sirotišnico, kjer so ga posvojili tasmanski starši, ki so ga odpeljali iz države, da bi začel novo življenje.

Kako je začel iskati svoje starše?
Danes ima Brierley trgovino z industrijskim materialom v Tasmaniji. Toda nikoli ni prenehal razmišljati o svojih dolgo izgubljenih starših. V zadnjih letih se je začel spominjati železniške postaje Khandwa, kjer se je začelo njegovo potovanje. In tam je začel iskati.

Kaj je potem naredil?
Brierley je uporabil Google Zemljo in nekaj razdrobljenih spominov iz otroštva, da je iskal po mestih okoli železniške postaje. "V glavi sem ohranil podobe mesta, v katerem sem odraščal, ulic, po katerih sem hodil, in obraze svoje družine," pravi za tasmanski The Mercury . Brierley je ure in ure na Google Earth brskal naokoli za namigi in obsedeno iskal nekaj, karkoli, kar je prepoznal. Na koncu je identificiral svoj domači kraj: Ganesh Talai.

In našel je svojo družino?
Gotovo je. Brierley se je pridružil Facebook skupini za Ganesha Talaija, pravi Chris Roberts iz NBC Los Angeles , in začel sestavljati več namigov iz e-poštnih sporočil, ki jih je poslal članom skupine. Kmalu je rezerviral letalsko vozovnico za Indijo in taval po ulicah mesta svojega otroštva, dokler ni našel svoje družine. "Še danes ne morem verjeti, da mi je uspelo najti svojo družino, glede na število prebivalcev Indije in to, kako mlad sem bil, ko sem jih izgubil," je povedal za The Mercury . Brierley zdaj namerava posneti film o svoji zgodbi.

Kaj je vsa ta leta počela njegova družina?
Njegova mati pravi, da so neskončno iskali fanta, le da so ugotovili, da je eden umrl, brez sledi o tem, kje je drugi. Vedeževalke so ji zagotovile, da se bo sin nekega dne vrnil. "In je," pravi Roberts . "S pomočjo iz Silicijeve doline."

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~liz May 26, 2012

A wonderful story and illustration of the benefits of technology. We truly are becoming  one human family. ~liz

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S Gardia Apr 14, 2012

There are few questions that I had after reading the article. 
1. The orphanages that find an easy way out by getting a child adopted, rather than work to get the child re-united with the parents.
2. The young man was missing his roots, so he worked hard to find where he came from. And once he found where he came from, met the people where he belonged, the quest was over. He returned back to his adopted place.
3. I think of both the parents, the adopted ones and the real ones. Both would be at loss. The young man needs to take a decision. The best would be to return to his biological parents. Return to his roots, that his what instinct wants him to. That is why he worked so hard in the first place to look for them. 
4. But India is no Australia. Life in Australia is more comfortable. Returning to India is like a start of life once again. 

More open wounds I would summarize. 

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Mimitaryn31 Mar 19, 2012

Heart warming story

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Sundisilver Mar 18, 2012

Says a lot about this boy (man) that he persevered.  Wonderful outcome!

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VivianePB Mar 17, 2012

Interesting story, but didn't the police and media get involved back in 1987 to retrace the missing boy?

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Jane Keilyoder Mar 17, 2012

What a heart-warming story of resillence and love!

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Noor a.f Mar 17, 2012
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wendy Mar 17, 2012

Really?