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Video: A Family’s Final Plea as Komodo Search Nears Its End
LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia — The video begins without spectacle. No raised voices, no accusations. Just a man standing in the...
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Hope Against the Horizon: Search for Valencia Coach’s Son Extended Amid Pleas and Storms
LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia — The search boats have become the metronome of this town. Their departures mark the mornings, their...
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A Diplomatic Plea in Komodo: Spanish Ambassador Urges Extended Search for Valencia Coach’s Son
LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia — On what was slated to be the final day, the sea gave no answer. After 13 days...
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Video: The Morning Vigil at Marina Labuan Bajo as the Search Enters Day 13
LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia — At Marina Labuan Bajo, dawn arrives with a sound few visitors ever associate with this harbor....
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How Komodo Fishermen, Guided by a Pungent Smell, Found the Valencia Coach’s Son
LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia — The discovery that would bring a painful answer to a waiting world began with a familiar, gruesome...
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Day 13 in Komodo: A Coordinated Fleet Scours the Sea for One Final Boy
LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia — At dawn on Wednesday, the 13th day since the KM Putri Sakinah disappeared into the waters of the Padar...
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The Last Boy of Padar Strait: The Search for Valencia Coach’s Final Child Enters Day 13
LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia — The sea has given back three, but holds one still. On Wednesday morning, under a sky that...
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Dental Records Confirm Identity of 10-Year-Old Boy in Komodo Sinking
LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia – In a quiet room at a hospital in Labuan Bajo on Tuesday evening, dental records provided...
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VIDEO: Inside the Wreck: Exclusive Underwater Footage Reveals Final Sweep of the Sunken ‘Putri Sakinah’
LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia – In the silent, sun-dappled depths of Komodo National Park, a methodical and somber search continued this week....
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Komodo Search: Officials Give Exact Coordinates of Sunken Putri Sakinah
LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia – At a press briefing on Tuesday, the coordinator of the search for the victims of the KM Putri...
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