Mother, baby who survived 1977 JAL crash find long-lost family

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The survivors, then from Seremban, hold a virtual reunion from the US with their kin in Singapore after an FMT report.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2024/02/16/mother-baby-who-survived-1977-jal-crash-find-long-lost-family/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Rn6xEV Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2OCwH8a  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2OKJbc6 Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3cpbWKK Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/2VUfOrv Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3B1e8lN Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/39dBDbe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #MariaBurkhartBriley #Survivor #LongLostFamily

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00:00 [Music]

00:02 I'm about to meet everybody.

00:04 Yeah, so you will meet everybody.

00:06 I'm trying to arrange it.

00:08 So it's interesting to talk to you after such a long time.

00:11 So we look forward to your next visit.

00:14 In August last year, Maria Burkhardt-Briley,

00:19 a survivor of the 1977 Japan Airlines crash in Sungai Bulo,

00:24 was finally reunited with her rescuer.

00:28 Maria travelled from Portland, Oregon,

00:31 to meet veteran journalist Arnades Soarin,

00:34 who carried a young Maria out of the wreckage of the plane all those years ago.

00:39 Maria and Nades' reunion was one 46 years in the making.

00:45 But while in Malaysia, she pined for another reunion.

00:50 One with her long-lost relatives.

00:54 Following FMT's video chronicling how Maria and Nades reconnected,

00:58 a family reunion is set to take place in Singapore this July.

01:03 Maria was separated from her mother Salima's extended family

01:07 after both relocated to the US

01:10 following the death of her father, Richard Nelson Burkhardt, in the crash.

01:14 Upon watching the video, Maria's aunt, Suhada,

01:18 contacted FMT, hoping to be put in touch with her sister and niece.

01:23 She shared old family photographs and stories of their growing years.

01:28 Suhada said she hadn't seen Salima and Maria since 1977

01:34 when both were being treated at University Hospital in Petaling Jaya

01:38 following the plane crash.

01:40 Both Suhada and Maria described the moment they had waited decades for

01:48 as comforting, sweet, heartfelt and long overdue.

01:53 Maria is excited to make the trip, but her mother Salima is unable to join her.

01:59 Will you go to Singapore, Salima?

02:03 I understand, Salima. You have to take good care of yourself.

02:12 But I'm very glad everyone is doing fine, including you.

02:18 You just take care of yourself, right?

02:21 So hopefully we could meet one day, Salima.

02:24 I love you, Salima.

02:26 For more information, visit www.fema.gov

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