Ummikasum (60) is still given a long life by God. There was a miracle when the tsunami hit Aceh. This story happened 10 years ago. When the tsunami devastated Aceh, a grandmother survived after being helped by a snake.
This story is absurd, but it is a true story. The story behind the survival of the people of Aceh when the tsunami hit on December 26, 2004 ago. Up to 126,761 dead, 93,285 missing, 25,572 wounded and 125,572 displaced. Ummikasum who acknowledged Maksum work as a bather bathing the corpse. He is also a village midwife and has been doing this job for 35 years. He recounts when he was saved by a snake.
Nevertheless, he can not remember exactly how entwined by a snake. Until he can survive the blow of a tsunami wave that reached the height of a wave of tree old head. At first Sunday morning of disaster for all the people of Aceh, Infallible was deep flush and clean the flowers in his yard. Suddenly around 08.00 pm, Aceh earth shook, swayed to the left and to nanan. He consciously turns new earthquake measuring 9.8 magnitude. He was with a granddaughter who was 5 years old in her arms and looking away from the building field. "In the past my house is great and I'm on the outside, was planting flowers," explains infallible in merdeka.com. When storytelling, face wrinkled infallible keep smiling. Despite the melancholy story she told made him remember past events. There were 30 immediate family members died, but he was able to laugh while telling a unique story himself survived the tsunami waves. At that time her second child running toward him and said sea water onto the land. "Then I replied, that no do not ask yes," he said, he continued to clean up the flowers in his yard. Suddenly, the sea water really hit him from behind. Infallible home layout with a beach only about 400 meters. Until he fell and his granddaughter in her arms was separated. Although at that time he was trying to reach his granddaughter, but the tide is not comparable with the strength of his hand as it was 50 years old. "Had I pull my grandson, but the wire is held, until this wound my fingers," he said, pointing his finger wound scars. While her grandchildren when it is very obvious to him rolled by the wave. At that time he did not regain consciousness. So he could not tell how he was rolled by the wave. But suddenly he was in Krueng Cut bridge area which is about 800 meters from his house. It was then that he realized that with him there is a big snake wrapped around his body. The snake's head protruding toward the face infallible. But then, infallible not a little fear. Precisely infallible claimed, had whispered in a weak tone of voice, asking to be saved to the mainland. "I said at that time, please save me ashore," she said in the Acehnese language. So, the snake was escorted ashore in motion and drowned himself in the river and again suddenly she was on the bridge Lamnyong, Darussalam with distance is about 300 meters. At that time, he had started to faint. Even he admitted there could hear the screams of people asking for help, including looking at a lot of people who rolled up in a wave of Krueng Cut the river flow. "I was no longer a matter and my clothes in the trash and the snake was wrapped around my body," he explained. Infallible since the age of 25 years has become a midwife and also a person who is always called when somebody dies. This profession, infallible claims will continue until pick her life. Then infallible story could get out of a pile of garbage and winding snake on his body after three young people from the Red Cross Indonesia (PMI) to him. They were immediately lifted from the river infallible. "I was told, there was a snake in my body twisted, but one of them says it's okay, the snake did not bite us," he recalls. However, he did not remember the three young men. Though she wanted to say thank you to these PMI volunteers. However, unfortunately, did not recognize him infallible. Then infallible back story, when he was appointed by these 3 PMI volunteers. Slowly snake wrapped around her body before langs
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