A man reunites with his family after being abducted 33 years ago
A Christmas miracle indeed...
As many families recover from the overdose of family time during this festive season, some families are left heartsore. Whatever the reason, the festive season can be a difficult time for people that have lost loved ones.
In this case, it was a four-year-old who was lured away from his family and taken into a child trafficking ring. But not all stories have sad endings, this was one filled with hope and had all the makings of a great miracle story.
Li Jingwei shared a hand drawing of a map on a video-sharing app called, Douyin. It turned out to be the same as a small village where a woman's son had disappeared years ago. Police had matched it and then this miracle story started...
DNA tests were done and it was found that Li Jingwei was the little boy.
"Video footage of the reunion showed the pair meeting for the first time in over three decades and shows Li Jingwei carefully removing his mother's coronavirus mask to examine her face before breaking down in tears and embracing her." (BBC)
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Thirty-three years of waiting, countless nights of yearning, and finally a map hand-drawn from memory, this is the moment of perfect release after 13 days. Thank you, everyone who has helped me reunite with my family.
He was abducted in 1989 by a bald neighbour and sold to a family who lived 1,800 km away. He had no success finding out more information about his roots from his adoptive parents or from DNA databases, so he decided to use the internet.
I'm a child who's finding his home. I was taken to Henan by a bald neighbour around 1989, when I was about four years old. This is a map of my home area that I have drawn from memory.
It is so amazing that he managed to find his family after three decades. Sadly, child trafficking is not uncommon in China, with the high value in having a son.
Image Courtesy of Instagram