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Family was cared for by 'mummy Yupin' after tsunami

The Willgrass family from Norwich was on holiday in Phuket in the south of Thailand when the Boxing-day Tsunami struck the island.

Louise Willgrass had just popped into a supermarket to buy sun cream, her husband Nigel and their four kids stayed in the car. Louise was killed but the rest survived.

Nigel left his children in the care of Yupin, a local Thai woman, to go and search for his wife. She took the family in and comforted them as they grieved for Louise.

Last month, after almost ten years, Emily and Ben Willgrass managed to track down their "second mum" - Yupin.

This clip is originally from 5 live Daily on December 19 2014.

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