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Baby 81 and family arrives at Kennedy Airport
(2 Mar 2005) SHOTLIST
1. Parents Murugupillai and Jenita arriving at airport carrying baby Abilass, known as "Baby 81"
2. Close-up Abilass
3. Media
4. Jenita holding Abilass in her arms
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Sharkey, Senior Producer, ABC TV
"I know they want to see some of the sites, so we are going to take them and show them the Statue of Liberty. I know they want to see the Empire State Building. We have to sit down and let them rest and relax and then find out from them what it is they are eager to to see. I know they are very excited to be here."
6. Murugupillai and Jenita walking out of airport carrying Abilass
7. Photographer
8. Murugupillai kissing Abilass and smiling
STORYLINE
Tsunami survivor "Baby 81", the four-month-old Sri Lankan infant whose parents ...
published: 21 Jul 2015
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Tsunami Baby 81 is reunited with parents
(16 Feb 2005)
1. Nurses talking
2. Armed soldiers looking down
3. Abilass Jeyarajah lying in cot
4. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) car with parents, arriving at court
5. Murugupillai Jeyarajah getting out of car
6. Jenita and Murugupillai Jeyarajah walking toward court surrounded by media
7. Parents outside court
8. Convoy of cars and ambulance arriving at court
9. Nurse carrying Abilass Jeyarajah walking through crowd
10. Parents waiting inside the court
11. Close-up parents waiting
12. Baby carried out and handed over to parents
13. Mother crying and holding baby
14. Parents walking through crowd of people with baby
15. Various father carrying baby through streets
16. Man putting mark on baby's forehead
17. Photographers
STORYLINE
The four-mon...
published: 21 Jul 2015
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Baby 81 reunited with parents, baby goes home
(17 Feb 2005)
1. Baby, Abilass Jeyarajah, carried out and handed over to parents
2. Jenita Jeyarajah, mother of Abilass, crying and holding Abilass
3. Various of Murugupillai Jeyarajah, father of Abilass, carrying Abilass through the streets
4. Man putting mark on Abilass''s forehead
5. Wide of exterior of Hindu temple in Kalmunai
6. Abilass lying on floor of temple
7. Murugupillai Jeyarajah kissing Abilass lying on floor of the temple
8. Murugupillai Jeyarajah walking with coconut in his hand, then smashing the coconut on a stone at the temple as part of a religious ritual
9. People smashing coconuts on the stone
10. Relative of Abilass crying and kissing him
11 Wide of people visiting rubble of the parents home destroyed by the tsunami
12. Murugupillai Jeyarajah passing ...
published: 21 Jul 2015
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Family of "Baby-81" say life difficult after US visit
(12 Dec 2005)
Cheddipalayam - 24 November 2005
1. Abilass or "Baby 81" playing with soft toy
2. Abilass' father Jeyarajah showing newspaper clippings and identity card
3. Close up of Abilass' identity card from the hospital
FILE: Kalumunai - 2 February, 2005
4. Various of "Baby 81" sleeping in hospital
5. Mother of "Baby 81", Jenita, picking him up from cot surrounded by hospital staff and media
6. Jenita handing over baby to nurse
7. Nurse holding "Baby 81"
Cheddipalayam - 24 November 2005
8. SOUNDBITE (Tamil): Murugupillai Jeyarajah, father of Abilass ("Baby 81"):
"He feels scared at night. He starts crying when he hears any sound. We need help to take him to a doctor."
9. Abilass' grandmother giving him a bath
10. Close up of baby's pendant with his name
11. V...
published: 21 Jul 2015
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Parents prepare for Baby 81's return
(15 Feb 2005)
1. Wide of street in Kalmunai town
2. Parents walking into shop
3. Father selecting goods
4. Close up of products on shelves
5. Parents in shop
6. Mother with a baby-walker
7. Parents arriving to house
8. Parents preparing bed for baby
9. Close up of bedding
10. Mother holding doll
11. Parents in baby's room
12. Close up of toys
13. SOUNDBITE (Tamil) Jenita, mother of baby:
"We will firstly be taking baby to the temple to complete the vows. Then we will take him to our damaged house and then we will bring him to this house."
15. Parents in baby's room
16. Wide of room with Baby 81 relatives
STORYLINE:
Parents of 4-month-old tsunami survivor Abilass Jeyarajah were making preparations on Tuesday for the arrival of their son.
The Jeyarajahs will take ...
published: 21 Jul 2015
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Tsunami Baby 81 and parents at photo-op on Capitol Hill
(10 Mar 2005)
1. Various of Abilass "Baby 81" and his parents - Murugupillai and Jenita Jeyarajah
2. Various of parents holding "Baby 81"
3. Press conference
4. SOUNDBITE (English): Nita Lowey, US Congress Representative:
"Fortunately this beautiful family has been reunited. But tragically for millions of others we need to do more to protect everyone but especially the most vulnerable in these crisis situations - women and children. The tsunami that hit Sri Lanka and other countries in South East Asia left thousands of families totally devastated and tragically children were especially hard hit. Save The Children estimates that of the 5 million people impacted overall one-third to one-half are children. Conservatively 1.5 million children were affected by this tsunami."
5. Press ...
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Couple await ruling on fate of tsunami Baby 81
(1 Feb 2005)
1. Various of baby in cot
2. Jenita Jeyarajah and M. Jeyarajah (couple claiming it is their baby) at the house damaged by tsunami
3. Stairs
4. SOUNDBITE: (Tamil) Jenita Jeyarajah, 25, claims to be mother:
"Although we have been granted permission to see the baby, the baby is not with us. We can't take him home. I feel really sad... There is no peace of mind."
5. SOUNDBITE: (Tamil) Murugupillai Jeyarajah, 31, claims to be father:
"God only knows what I am going through. Anyway we can see the baby twice a week. Between those times we cannot sleep at night thinking of him. I can't explain in words what I am going through."
6. Jeyarajahone and Jeyarajah standing together, Jeyarajah wiping his eyes
7. Rubble in front of beach
8. Jeyarajah walking through rubble
9. Jey...
published: 21 Jul 2015
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Parents prepare to be reunited with tsunami baby
(16 Feb 2005)
1. Nurses talking
2. Armed soldiers looking down
3. Abilass Jeyarajah lying in cot
STORYLINE:
The parents of four-month-old tsunami survivor Abilass Jeyarajah - dubbed "Baby 81" after he was pulled from debris in Kalmunai - were set to take their son home on Wednesday after an agonising custody battle of nearly eight weeks.
Jenita and Murugupillai Jeyarajah were scheduled to appear in a Kalmunai court on Wednesday, two days after the panel heard DNA evidence showing that they are the parents of the boy.
The boy, wrapped in a blanket and wearing blue clothes and a pink cap, left a local hospital en route to the courtroom in an ambulance, carried by a nurse.
The couple were unable initially to prove the boy was theirs because their home and family recor...
published: 21 Jul 2015
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Baby 81 in hospital, parents, baby arriving at court
(16 Feb 2005)
1. Nurses talking
2. Armed soldiers looking down
3. Abilass Jeyarajah lying in cot
4. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) car with parents, arriving at court
5. Murugupillai Jeyarajah getting out of car
6. Jenita and Murugupillai Jeyarajah walking toward court surrounded by media
7. Parents outside court
8. Convoy of cars and ambulance arriving at court
9. Nurse carrying Abilass Jeyarajah walking through crowd
10. Parents waiting inside the court
STORYLINE
The four-month-old boy who was swept from his mother's arms by the December 26 tsunami and later nicknamed "Baby 81" was handed to his parents in a courtroom reunion on Wednesday after an agonising custody battle of nearly eight weeks.
A smiling Jenita Jeyarajah, mother of the little Abilass, ...
published: 21 Jul 2015
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DNA results couple now confirmed as parents of Baby 81
(14 Feb 2005)
Kalmunai - February 13, 2005
1. Man riding bike down the street where the couple, Jenita Jeyarajah and and her husband Murugupillai Jeyarajah, lives
2. Jenita and Murugupillai standing at the gate of their house
3. Jenita and Murugupillai standing next to each other
Colombo - February 8, 2005
++Audio as Incoming++
4. Nurses holding "Baby 81", putting shoes on his feet, preparing him for visit to the Genetech laboratory
5. Nurse holding "Baby 81"
Kalmunai - February 13, 2005
6. Jenita and Murugupillai reading newspaper
7. SOUNDBITE: (Tamil) Jenita Jeyarajah, Claims to be mother of "Baby 81":
"I am so confused. I don't know what will happen until the court orders (are handed out)."
8. Cutaway of Jenita's hands folded on waist
9. Jeyarajahs looking at ...
published: 21 Jul 2015
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Baby 81 and family arrives at Kennedy Airport
(2 Mar 2005) SHOTLIST
1. Parents Murugupillai and Jenita arriving at airport carrying baby Abilass, known as "Baby 81"
2. Close-up Abilass
3. Media
4. Jen...
(2 Mar 2005) SHOTLIST
1. Parents Murugupillai and Jenita arriving at airport carrying baby Abilass, known as "Baby 81"
2. Close-up Abilass
3. Media
4. Jenita holding Abilass in her arms
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Sharkey, Senior Producer, ABC TV
"I know they want to see some of the sites, so we are going to take them and show them the Statue of Liberty. I know they want to see the Empire State Building. We have to sit down and let them rest and relax and then find out from them what it is they are eager to to see. I know they are very excited to be here."
6. Murugupillai and Jenita walking out of airport carrying Abilass
7. Photographer
8. Murugupillai kissing Abilass and smiling
STORYLINE
Tsunami survivor "Baby 81", the four-month-old Sri Lankan infant whose parents fought a court battle to get him back after the disaster, arrived in
New York with his parents on Tuesday, prior to his American television debut.
Baby 81''s real name is Abilass Jeyarajah. He and his parents, Murugupillai and Jenita, were granted expedited visas by the US Embassy so that they could appear on ABC-TV''s "Good Morning America" on Wednesday morning.
ABC paid for the trip to get the interview and the family was expected to stay in Manhattan for an undetermined period of time.
Abilass was pulled from his mother''s arms by the tsunami on December 26 and was found, caked in mud, hours later by rescuers who took him to a hospital, where he was dubbed Baby 81 because he was the 81st person admitted that day.
The couple couldn''t immediately prove he was theirs because they had lost their records and home in the disaster, and eight other couples initially
claimed him.
A court said the baby had to stay in the hospital until DNA testing could prove his parentage, and the boy wasn''t reunited with his parents until February 16.
At one point during their ordeal, the parents barged into the hospital and scuffled with nurses in their attempts to reach their child.
The family''s eventual reunion was a rare bright spot in a grim disaster that claimed the lives of thousands of Sri Lankans, and killed more than
172,000 people across 11 nations straddling the Indian Ocean.
More than 125,000 are missing, presumed dead.
The family arrived at Kennedy International Airport on Tuesday after a 20-hour flight.
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(2 Mar 2005) SHOTLIST
1. Parents Murugupillai and Jenita arriving at airport carrying baby Abilass, known as "Baby 81"
2. Close-up Abilass
3. Media
4. Jenita holding Abilass in her arms
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Sharkey, Senior Producer, ABC TV
"I know they want to see some of the sites, so we are going to take them and show them the Statue of Liberty. I know they want to see the Empire State Building. We have to sit down and let them rest and relax and then find out from them what it is they are eager to to see. I know they are very excited to be here."
6. Murugupillai and Jenita walking out of airport carrying Abilass
7. Photographer
8. Murugupillai kissing Abilass and smiling
STORYLINE
Tsunami survivor "Baby 81", the four-month-old Sri Lankan infant whose parents fought a court battle to get him back after the disaster, arrived in
New York with his parents on Tuesday, prior to his American television debut.
Baby 81''s real name is Abilass Jeyarajah. He and his parents, Murugupillai and Jenita, were granted expedited visas by the US Embassy so that they could appear on ABC-TV''s "Good Morning America" on Wednesday morning.
ABC paid for the trip to get the interview and the family was expected to stay in Manhattan for an undetermined period of time.
Abilass was pulled from his mother''s arms by the tsunami on December 26 and was found, caked in mud, hours later by rescuers who took him to a hospital, where he was dubbed Baby 81 because he was the 81st person admitted that day.
The couple couldn''t immediately prove he was theirs because they had lost their records and home in the disaster, and eight other couples initially
claimed him.
A court said the baby had to stay in the hospital until DNA testing could prove his parentage, and the boy wasn''t reunited with his parents until February 16.
At one point during their ordeal, the parents barged into the hospital and scuffled with nurses in their attempts to reach their child.
The family''s eventual reunion was a rare bright spot in a grim disaster that claimed the lives of thousands of Sri Lankans, and killed more than
172,000 people across 11 nations straddling the Indian Ocean.
More than 125,000 are missing, presumed dead.
The family arrived at Kennedy International Airport on Tuesday after a 20-hour flight.
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Tsunami Baby 81 is reunited with parents
(16 Feb 2005)
1. Nurses talking
2. Armed soldiers looking down
3. Abilass Jeyarajah lying in cot
4. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) car with pa...
(16 Feb 2005)
1. Nurses talking
2. Armed soldiers looking down
3. Abilass Jeyarajah lying in cot
4. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) car with parents, arriving at court
5. Murugupillai Jeyarajah getting out of car
6. Jenita and Murugupillai Jeyarajah walking toward court surrounded by media
7. Parents outside court
8. Convoy of cars and ambulance arriving at court
9. Nurse carrying Abilass Jeyarajah walking through crowd
10. Parents waiting inside the court
11. Close-up parents waiting
12. Baby carried out and handed over to parents
13. Mother crying and holding baby
14. Parents walking through crowd of people with baby
15. Various father carrying baby through streets
16. Man putting mark on baby's forehead
17. Photographers
STORYLINE
The four-month-old baby boy, who was swept from his mother's arms by the December 26 tsunami in Sri Lanka and later nicknamed "Baby 81", was handed to his parents in a courtroom reunion on Wednesday after an agonising eight-week custody battle.
A smiling Jenita Jeyarajah, mother of baby Abilass, took her son from a doctor after she and her husband, Murugupillai, approached the bench in a courtroom packed with onlookers in Kalmunai.
The reunion concluded a drama that captured hearts in Sri Lanka and around the world, and came two days after a judge confirmed the infant's parentage with DNA test results.
Eight other couples had tried to claim the baby.
Moments after the brief court proceedings, the couple and Abilass left in a UNICEF vehicle en route to their temporary home.
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(16 Feb 2005)
1. Nurses talking
2. Armed soldiers looking down
3. Abilass Jeyarajah lying in cot
4. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) car with parents, arriving at court
5. Murugupillai Jeyarajah getting out of car
6. Jenita and Murugupillai Jeyarajah walking toward court surrounded by media
7. Parents outside court
8. Convoy of cars and ambulance arriving at court
9. Nurse carrying Abilass Jeyarajah walking through crowd
10. Parents waiting inside the court
11. Close-up parents waiting
12. Baby carried out and handed over to parents
13. Mother crying and holding baby
14. Parents walking through crowd of people with baby
15. Various father carrying baby through streets
16. Man putting mark on baby's forehead
17. Photographers
STORYLINE
The four-month-old baby boy, who was swept from his mother's arms by the December 26 tsunami in Sri Lanka and later nicknamed "Baby 81", was handed to his parents in a courtroom reunion on Wednesday after an agonising eight-week custody battle.
A smiling Jenita Jeyarajah, mother of baby Abilass, took her son from a doctor after she and her husband, Murugupillai, approached the bench in a courtroom packed with onlookers in Kalmunai.
The reunion concluded a drama that captured hearts in Sri Lanka and around the world, and came two days after a judge confirmed the infant's parentage with DNA test results.
Eight other couples had tried to claim the baby.
Moments after the brief court proceedings, the couple and Abilass left in a UNICEF vehicle en route to their temporary home.
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Baby 81 reunited with parents, baby goes home
(17 Feb 2005)
1. Baby, Abilass Jeyarajah, carried out and handed over to parents
2. Jenita Jeyarajah, mother of Abilass, crying and holding Abilass
3. Va...
(17 Feb 2005)
1. Baby, Abilass Jeyarajah, carried out and handed over to parents
2. Jenita Jeyarajah, mother of Abilass, crying and holding Abilass
3. Various of Murugupillai Jeyarajah, father of Abilass, carrying Abilass through the streets
4. Man putting mark on Abilass''s forehead
5. Wide of exterior of Hindu temple in Kalmunai
6. Abilass lying on floor of temple
7. Murugupillai Jeyarajah kissing Abilass lying on floor of the temple
8. Murugupillai Jeyarajah walking with coconut in his hand, then smashing the coconut on a stone at the temple as part of a religious ritual
9. People smashing coconuts on the stone
10. Relative of Abilass crying and kissing him
11 Wide of people visiting rubble of the parents home destroyed by the tsunami
12. Murugupillai Jeyarajah passing Abilass to Jenita Jeyarajah
13. Cameraman
14. SOUNDBITE: (Tamil) Murugupillai Jeyarajah, father of Abilass:
"More than 30-thousand people died because of that tsunami. How can I celebrate? I''m very happy because my baby is back with me. I''ll go to the temple and fulfil the vows that I''m made for him."
15. Close up of Jenita Jeyarajah kissing Abilass
16. Murugupillai Jeyarajah playing with Abilass at the family''s temporary home
17. Close up of Abilass lying on the floor
18. Wide of the Jeyarajahs playing with Abilass and kissing his hands
STORYLINE
The four-month-old baby boy, who was swept from his mother''s arms by the December 26 tsunami in Sri Lanka and later given the name "Baby 81", was handed to his parents in a courtroom reunion on Wednesday after an agonising custody battle that lasted nearly eight weeks.
A smiling Jenita Jeyarajah, mother of baby Abilass, took her son from a doctor after she and her husband, Murugupillai, approached the bench in a courtroom packed with onlookers in Kalmunai.
The reunion concluded a drama that captured hearts in Sri Lanka and around the world, and came two days after a judge confirmed the infant''s parentage with DNA test results.
Eight other couples had tried to claim the baby.
After the brief court proceedings, the couple and Abilass walked away from court to a Hindu temple to give thanks for their son''s return and smash a coconut in ritual fulfilment of a vow.
Relatives joined them at the temple, and one relative cried while she kissed the baby.
The relieved parents also paid a brief visit to the rubble of their home, where the raging waters swept away the boy.
After viewing the rubble, the Jeyarajahs returned to their temporary residence, a modest, concrete, one-story house where Jenita''s aunt lives with her family.
The infant was found on a beach among bodies and debris on December 26, the day the killer waves struck.
He was taken to a hospital in the eastern town of Kalmunai, where he was given the name Baby 81, because he was the day''s 81st admission.
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(17 Feb 2005)
1. Baby, Abilass Jeyarajah, carried out and handed over to parents
2. Jenita Jeyarajah, mother of Abilass, crying and holding Abilass
3. Various of Murugupillai Jeyarajah, father of Abilass, carrying Abilass through the streets
4. Man putting mark on Abilass''s forehead
5. Wide of exterior of Hindu temple in Kalmunai
6. Abilass lying on floor of temple
7. Murugupillai Jeyarajah kissing Abilass lying on floor of the temple
8. Murugupillai Jeyarajah walking with coconut in his hand, then smashing the coconut on a stone at the temple as part of a religious ritual
9. People smashing coconuts on the stone
10. Relative of Abilass crying and kissing him
11 Wide of people visiting rubble of the parents home destroyed by the tsunami
12. Murugupillai Jeyarajah passing Abilass to Jenita Jeyarajah
13. Cameraman
14. SOUNDBITE: (Tamil) Murugupillai Jeyarajah, father of Abilass:
"More than 30-thousand people died because of that tsunami. How can I celebrate? I''m very happy because my baby is back with me. I''ll go to the temple and fulfil the vows that I''m made for him."
15. Close up of Jenita Jeyarajah kissing Abilass
16. Murugupillai Jeyarajah playing with Abilass at the family''s temporary home
17. Close up of Abilass lying on the floor
18. Wide of the Jeyarajahs playing with Abilass and kissing his hands
STORYLINE
The four-month-old baby boy, who was swept from his mother''s arms by the December 26 tsunami in Sri Lanka and later given the name "Baby 81", was handed to his parents in a courtroom reunion on Wednesday after an agonising custody battle that lasted nearly eight weeks.
A smiling Jenita Jeyarajah, mother of baby Abilass, took her son from a doctor after she and her husband, Murugupillai, approached the bench in a courtroom packed with onlookers in Kalmunai.
The reunion concluded a drama that captured hearts in Sri Lanka and around the world, and came two days after a judge confirmed the infant''s parentage with DNA test results.
Eight other couples had tried to claim the baby.
After the brief court proceedings, the couple and Abilass walked away from court to a Hindu temple to give thanks for their son''s return and smash a coconut in ritual fulfilment of a vow.
Relatives joined them at the temple, and one relative cried while she kissed the baby.
The relieved parents also paid a brief visit to the rubble of their home, where the raging waters swept away the boy.
After viewing the rubble, the Jeyarajahs returned to their temporary residence, a modest, concrete, one-story house where Jenita''s aunt lives with her family.
The infant was found on a beach among bodies and debris on December 26, the day the killer waves struck.
He was taken to a hospital in the eastern town of Kalmunai, where he was given the name Baby 81, because he was the day''s 81st admission.
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Family of "Baby-81" say life difficult after US visit
(12 Dec 2005)
Cheddipalayam - 24 November 2005
1. Abilass or "Baby 81" playing with soft toy
2. Abilass' father Jeyarajah showing newspaper clippings and...
(12 Dec 2005)
Cheddipalayam - 24 November 2005
1. Abilass or "Baby 81" playing with soft toy
2. Abilass' father Jeyarajah showing newspaper clippings and identity card
3. Close up of Abilass' identity card from the hospital
FILE: Kalumunai - 2 February, 2005
4. Various of "Baby 81" sleeping in hospital
5. Mother of "Baby 81", Jenita, picking him up from cot surrounded by hospital staff and media
6. Jenita handing over baby to nurse
7. Nurse holding "Baby 81"
Cheddipalayam - 24 November 2005
8. SOUNDBITE (Tamil): Murugupillai Jeyarajah, father of Abilass ("Baby 81"):
"He feels scared at night. He starts crying when he hears any sound. We need help to take him to a doctor."
9. Abilass' grandmother giving him a bath
10. Close up of baby's pendant with his name
11. Various of Abilass bathing
12. Jeyarajah and Abilass walking into hair salon where Jeyarajah works
13. Close up of Abilass' first birthday card
14. Wide of Abilass in salon as his father cuts client's hair
15. SOUNDBITE (Tamil): Murugupillai Jeyarajah, father of Abilass ("Baby 81"):
"Ever since we have come back from America, people think we have become rich. If I had (become rich) why would I be running a hair salon? What they think is wrong. We don't have even a single dollar."
Cheddipalayam - 25 November 2005
16. Jeyarajah and Abilass outside temple
17. Deity in temple
18. Jeyarajah holding Abilass during prayer session
19. Priest
20. Jeyarajah putting hand over the flame used for offering prayer in front of deity and touching Abilass's face in a traditional way of blessing
21. Woman praying at temple
22. Abilass playing with other children
Cheddipalayam - 24 November 2005
23. Abilass with his mother
24. SOUNDBITE (Tamil): Jenita Jeyarajah, mother of Abilass ("Baby 81"):
"We want him to study abroad or even in Sri Lanka. He should study and become a big man. I do not know what he will become in future, only that he should be successful in life - that is our wish."
Cheddipalayam - 25 November 2005
25. Abilass with parents
STORYLINE:
The Asian tsunami's most miraculous and celebrated survivor, "Baby-81" now moans in his sleep. Barking of stray dogs, even thumping of feet, or noise from passing motorcycles in this remote eastern Sri Lankan hamlet, makes him get up and cry.
Government physicians attached with the hospital where he was born on Oct. 19, 2004, and kept for seven weeks after the Dec. 26 tsunami waves separated him from his parents, refuses to see him, possibly angry over his parents' agonsing tussle against hospital authorities in having the child back.
"He feels scared at night. He starts crying when he hears any sound. We need help to take him to a doctor," said Murugupillai Jeyarajah, father of Abilass - the name rooted in the Sanskrit word "abhilasha," meaning aspiration or desire.
Jeyarajah was beaten up by some men one night when he stayed in his sister's house in Kalmunai after returning from the U.S., because the attackers thought he had got lots of money. They wanted a share.
"Ever since we have come back from America, people think we have become rich.
"If I had (become rich) why would I be running a hair salon? What they think is wrong. We don't have even a single dollar," said Jeyarajah, sitting in his new rented home, 25 kilometres away from the town of Kalmunai, where he lived, where his baby got separated and where the assault took place.
He went to police and lodged a complaint over the assault and inaccurate rumours that millions of rupees (thousands of U.S. dollars or euros) had been donated for Abilass. The police did nothing.
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https://wn.com/Family_Of_Baby_81_Say_Life_Difficult_After_US_Visit
(12 Dec 2005)
Cheddipalayam - 24 November 2005
1. Abilass or "Baby 81" playing with soft toy
2. Abilass' father Jeyarajah showing newspaper clippings and identity card
3. Close up of Abilass' identity card from the hospital
FILE: Kalumunai - 2 February, 2005
4. Various of "Baby 81" sleeping in hospital
5. Mother of "Baby 81", Jenita, picking him up from cot surrounded by hospital staff and media
6. Jenita handing over baby to nurse
7. Nurse holding "Baby 81"
Cheddipalayam - 24 November 2005
8. SOUNDBITE (Tamil): Murugupillai Jeyarajah, father of Abilass ("Baby 81"):
"He feels scared at night. He starts crying when he hears any sound. We need help to take him to a doctor."
9. Abilass' grandmother giving him a bath
10. Close up of baby's pendant with his name
11. Various of Abilass bathing
12. Jeyarajah and Abilass walking into hair salon where Jeyarajah works
13. Close up of Abilass' first birthday card
14. Wide of Abilass in salon as his father cuts client's hair
15. SOUNDBITE (Tamil): Murugupillai Jeyarajah, father of Abilass ("Baby 81"):
"Ever since we have come back from America, people think we have become rich. If I had (become rich) why would I be running a hair salon? What they think is wrong. We don't have even a single dollar."
Cheddipalayam - 25 November 2005
16. Jeyarajah and Abilass outside temple
17. Deity in temple
18. Jeyarajah holding Abilass during prayer session
19. Priest
20. Jeyarajah putting hand over the flame used for offering prayer in front of deity and touching Abilass's face in a traditional way of blessing
21. Woman praying at temple
22. Abilass playing with other children
Cheddipalayam - 24 November 2005
23. Abilass with his mother
24. SOUNDBITE (Tamil): Jenita Jeyarajah, mother of Abilass ("Baby 81"):
"We want him to study abroad or even in Sri Lanka. He should study and become a big man. I do not know what he will become in future, only that he should be successful in life - that is our wish."
Cheddipalayam - 25 November 2005
25. Abilass with parents
STORYLINE:
The Asian tsunami's most miraculous and celebrated survivor, "Baby-81" now moans in his sleep. Barking of stray dogs, even thumping of feet, or noise from passing motorcycles in this remote eastern Sri Lankan hamlet, makes him get up and cry.
Government physicians attached with the hospital where he was born on Oct. 19, 2004, and kept for seven weeks after the Dec. 26 tsunami waves separated him from his parents, refuses to see him, possibly angry over his parents' agonsing tussle against hospital authorities in having the child back.
"He feels scared at night. He starts crying when he hears any sound. We need help to take him to a doctor," said Murugupillai Jeyarajah, father of Abilass - the name rooted in the Sanskrit word "abhilasha," meaning aspiration or desire.
Jeyarajah was beaten up by some men one night when he stayed in his sister's house in Kalmunai after returning from the U.S., because the attackers thought he had got lots of money. They wanted a share.
"Ever since we have come back from America, people think we have become rich.
"If I had (become rich) why would I be running a hair salon? What they think is wrong. We don't have even a single dollar," said Jeyarajah, sitting in his new rented home, 25 kilometres away from the town of Kalmunai, where he lived, where his baby got separated and where the assault took place.
He went to police and lodged a complaint over the assault and inaccurate rumours that millions of rupees (thousands of U.S. dollars or euros) had been donated for Abilass. The police did nothing.
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Parents prepare for Baby 81's return
(15 Feb 2005)
1. Wide of street in Kalmunai town
2. Parents walking into shop
3. Father selecting goods
4. Close up of products on shelves
5. Parents in...
(15 Feb 2005)
1. Wide of street in Kalmunai town
2. Parents walking into shop
3. Father selecting goods
4. Close up of products on shelves
5. Parents in shop
6. Mother with a baby-walker
7. Parents arriving to house
8. Parents preparing bed for baby
9. Close up of bedding
10. Mother holding doll
11. Parents in baby's room
12. Close up of toys
13. SOUNDBITE (Tamil) Jenita, mother of baby:
"We will firstly be taking baby to the temple to complete the vows. Then we will take him to our damaged house and then we will bring him to this house."
15. Parents in baby's room
16. Wide of room with Baby 81 relatives
STORYLINE:
Parents of 4-month-old tsunami survivor Abilass Jeyarajah were making preparations on Tuesday for the arrival of their son.
The Jeyarajahs will take custody of their boy from a hospital in the coastal town of Kalmunai on Wednesday, after a judge ruled that DNA tests proved they were his parents.
The boy was swept away from his mother's arms when the Indian Ocean tsunami struck on December 26.
He was recovered from mud and debris and brought to the hospital, where he became the 81st admission of the day, and was nicknamed "Baby 81."
Eight other couples had claimed the baby, but only the Jeyarajahs pressed their claim in court.
They said all their documents were destroyed by the tsunami.
On Tuesday, the couple shopped for sundries and toys that the young boy will need.
Jeyarajah said he and his wife Jenita would fulfil pledges made to the gods for their son's return.
This will be their first stop once they pick him up, Jenita said.
They bought 200 coconuts from the market to break at a temple of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesh to fulfil their vows.
The couple said they also will cook sweet rice to offer it to the warrior god Murugan, and slaughter a rooster for the goddess Kali.
Jenita also said they will then take the baby to visit the remains of their home, which was reduced to rubble, and then bring him to their new home.
According to U.N. estimates, children accounted for a staggering 40 percent, or 12,000, of Sri Lanka's tsunami death toll of nearly 31,000.
About 1,000 children were orphaned by the tsunami and another 3,200 lost one parent.
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(15 Feb 2005)
1. Wide of street in Kalmunai town
2. Parents walking into shop
3. Father selecting goods
4. Close up of products on shelves
5. Parents in shop
6. Mother with a baby-walker
7. Parents arriving to house
8. Parents preparing bed for baby
9. Close up of bedding
10. Mother holding doll
11. Parents in baby's room
12. Close up of toys
13. SOUNDBITE (Tamil) Jenita, mother of baby:
"We will firstly be taking baby to the temple to complete the vows. Then we will take him to our damaged house and then we will bring him to this house."
15. Parents in baby's room
16. Wide of room with Baby 81 relatives
STORYLINE:
Parents of 4-month-old tsunami survivor Abilass Jeyarajah were making preparations on Tuesday for the arrival of their son.
The Jeyarajahs will take custody of their boy from a hospital in the coastal town of Kalmunai on Wednesday, after a judge ruled that DNA tests proved they were his parents.
The boy was swept away from his mother's arms when the Indian Ocean tsunami struck on December 26.
He was recovered from mud and debris and brought to the hospital, where he became the 81st admission of the day, and was nicknamed "Baby 81."
Eight other couples had claimed the baby, but only the Jeyarajahs pressed their claim in court.
They said all their documents were destroyed by the tsunami.
On Tuesday, the couple shopped for sundries and toys that the young boy will need.
Jeyarajah said he and his wife Jenita would fulfil pledges made to the gods for their son's return.
This will be their first stop once they pick him up, Jenita said.
They bought 200 coconuts from the market to break at a temple of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesh to fulfil their vows.
The couple said they also will cook sweet rice to offer it to the warrior god Murugan, and slaughter a rooster for the goddess Kali.
Jenita also said they will then take the baby to visit the remains of their home, which was reduced to rubble, and then bring him to their new home.
According to U.N. estimates, children accounted for a staggering 40 percent, or 12,000, of Sri Lanka's tsunami death toll of nearly 31,000.
About 1,000 children were orphaned by the tsunami and another 3,200 lost one parent.
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Tsunami Baby 81 and parents at photo-op on Capitol Hill
(10 Mar 2005)
1. Various of Abilass "Baby 81" and his parents - Murugupillai and Jenita Jeyarajah
2. Various of parents holding "Baby 81"
3. Press confer...
(10 Mar 2005)
1. Various of Abilass "Baby 81" and his parents - Murugupillai and Jenita Jeyarajah
2. Various of parents holding "Baby 81"
3. Press conference
4. SOUNDBITE (English): Nita Lowey, US Congress Representative:
"Fortunately this beautiful family has been reunited. But tragically for millions of others we need to do more to protect everyone but especially the most vulnerable in these crisis situations - women and children. The tsunami that hit Sri Lanka and other countries in South East Asia left thousands of families totally devastated and tragically children were especially hard hit. Save The Children estimates that of the 5 million people impacted overall one-third to one-half are children. Conservatively 1.5 million children were affected by this tsunami."
5. Press conference
6. SOUNDBITE (English): Nita Lowey, US Congress Representative:
"We can do more by passing this legislation. The Women and Children in Conflict and Crisis Protection Act would take a series of simple steps to improve the lives of the world''s most vulnerable people. It would require the United States government to develop an integrated strategy for protecting women and children in all stages of conflict and disaster and would authorise funds to implement this strategy. The bill would institute an early-warning system to ensure our programmes around the world are nimble enough to focus immediately on protection when needed like this disaster or any emerging conflict."
7. "Baby 81" and his parents
8. "Baby 81" drinking a bottle of milk
STORYLINE:
"Baby 81" and his parents visited the Washington, D.C. on Wednesday to support legislation that would protect vulnerable populations in crisis regions.
"Baby 81" and his parents - Murugupillai and Jenita Jeyarajah - were separated when the Indian Ocean tsunami hit their Sri Lankan village.
Abilass was designated "Baby 81" at a hospital after being rescued.
He then became a symbol of families torn apart by the Asian tsunami when nine couples initially claimed to be his parents.
US Congress Representative Nita Lowey said the legislation would protect women and children from violence and exploitation during times of conflict, natural disasters and other crises.
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https://wn.com/Tsunami_Baby_81_And_Parents_At_Photo_Op_On_Capitol_Hill
(10 Mar 2005)
1. Various of Abilass "Baby 81" and his parents - Murugupillai and Jenita Jeyarajah
2. Various of parents holding "Baby 81"
3. Press conference
4. SOUNDBITE (English): Nita Lowey, US Congress Representative:
"Fortunately this beautiful family has been reunited. But tragically for millions of others we need to do more to protect everyone but especially the most vulnerable in these crisis situations - women and children. The tsunami that hit Sri Lanka and other countries in South East Asia left thousands of families totally devastated and tragically children were especially hard hit. Save The Children estimates that of the 5 million people impacted overall one-third to one-half are children. Conservatively 1.5 million children were affected by this tsunami."
5. Press conference
6. SOUNDBITE (English): Nita Lowey, US Congress Representative:
"We can do more by passing this legislation. The Women and Children in Conflict and Crisis Protection Act would take a series of simple steps to improve the lives of the world''s most vulnerable people. It would require the United States government to develop an integrated strategy for protecting women and children in all stages of conflict and disaster and would authorise funds to implement this strategy. The bill would institute an early-warning system to ensure our programmes around the world are nimble enough to focus immediately on protection when needed like this disaster or any emerging conflict."
7. "Baby 81" and his parents
8. "Baby 81" drinking a bottle of milk
STORYLINE:
"Baby 81" and his parents visited the Washington, D.C. on Wednesday to support legislation that would protect vulnerable populations in crisis regions.
"Baby 81" and his parents - Murugupillai and Jenita Jeyarajah - were separated when the Indian Ocean tsunami hit their Sri Lankan village.
Abilass was designated "Baby 81" at a hospital after being rescued.
He then became a symbol of families torn apart by the Asian tsunami when nine couples initially claimed to be his parents.
US Congress Representative Nita Lowey said the legislation would protect women and children from violence and exploitation during times of conflict, natural disasters and other crises.
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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Couple await ruling on fate of tsunami Baby 81
(1 Feb 2005)
1. Various of baby in cot
2. Jenita Jeyarajah and M. Jeyarajah (couple claiming it is their baby) at the house damaged by tsunami
3. Stairs
...
(1 Feb 2005)
1. Various of baby in cot
2. Jenita Jeyarajah and M. Jeyarajah (couple claiming it is their baby) at the house damaged by tsunami
3. Stairs
4. SOUNDBITE: (Tamil) Jenita Jeyarajah, 25, claims to be mother:
"Although we have been granted permission to see the baby, the baby is not with us. We can't take him home. I feel really sad... There is no peace of mind."
5. SOUNDBITE: (Tamil) Murugupillai Jeyarajah, 31, claims to be father:
"God only knows what I am going through. Anyway we can see the baby twice a week. Between those times we cannot sleep at night thinking of him. I can't explain in words what I am going through."
6. Jeyarajahone and Jeyarajah standing together, Jeyarajah wiping his eyes
7. Rubble in front of beach
8. Jeyarajah walking through rubble
9. Jeyarajah and Jeyarajah
10. Nurse making baby food in a bottle
11. Various of baby being fed by bottle
12. SOUNDBITE: (Tamil) S. Rajeswaran, nurse:
"I am very happy to be with the child and we are taking very good care of him. I am praying that the baby goes to the correct parents. At the same time I don't want to let the baby go as I have become very attached to him. I will be very sad."
13. Various of Acting Medical Superintendent of the Base Hospital, Kalmunai, Doctor Kumuduni Thurairathnam talking to nurses
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Doctor Kumuduni Thurairathnam, Acting Medical Superintendent of the Base Hospital, Kalmunai:
"We are giving milk and help, all the care we are giving. The baby is with us in our paediatric unit, so no problem. But these parents are getting problem they are coming always, coming and asking that child is ours, ours, ours..."
15. Hospital sign
16. Exterior of hospital
STORYLINE:
Jenita Jeyarajah said on Monday the hospital that she felt "really sad" that the infant boy she claims is her son is not with her and her husband.
She is waiting for a judge's ruling on Wednesday that the boy, whom she believes is her son Abilass, indeed belongs to her.
At the Base Hospital in Kalmunai on Sri Lanka's east coast, the three-month-old child has become known as Baby 81.
He was the 81st admission on 26 December 2004, the day a tsunami swept across the beaches of Sri Lanka and 11 other nations, leaving hundreds of thousands of people dead and missing.
On that day, Jenita Jeyarajah has said, Abilass was ripped from her arms as the waves tore through her beach-front house.
Hospital officials said nine women initially claimed the baby, a heart-wrenching dilemma amid the chaos of those early days when parents were frantically searching for missing children.
One woman allegedly threatened suicide if she was not given custody. Since then, the frenzy has calmed.
Only Jenita Jeyarajah has filed a court case and registered herself with police as the mother.
A few couples who claimed to be Baby 81's parents still come regularly to the hospital, but they have not pursued their claims, police and hospital officials said.
On January 12, a court ordered the hospital to hand the baby to Jenita Jeyarajah temporarily until his parentage could be determined.
But the doctors, who said they were concerned over rival claims, refused, arguing the child still needed medical attention, according to court documents seen by The Associated Press.
The court is to convene again on Wednesday and may order a DNA test to test Jenita Jeyarajah's claim.
She lost all her family records in the tsunami.
No other claimant than Jenita Jeyarajah is expected to testify in court.
Any other claimant would first need to lodge a police report.
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https://wn.com/Couple_Await_Ruling_On_Fate_Of_Tsunami_Baby_81
(1 Feb 2005)
1. Various of baby in cot
2. Jenita Jeyarajah and M. Jeyarajah (couple claiming it is their baby) at the house damaged by tsunami
3. Stairs
4. SOUNDBITE: (Tamil) Jenita Jeyarajah, 25, claims to be mother:
"Although we have been granted permission to see the baby, the baby is not with us. We can't take him home. I feel really sad... There is no peace of mind."
5. SOUNDBITE: (Tamil) Murugupillai Jeyarajah, 31, claims to be father:
"God only knows what I am going through. Anyway we can see the baby twice a week. Between those times we cannot sleep at night thinking of him. I can't explain in words what I am going through."
6. Jeyarajahone and Jeyarajah standing together, Jeyarajah wiping his eyes
7. Rubble in front of beach
8. Jeyarajah walking through rubble
9. Jeyarajah and Jeyarajah
10. Nurse making baby food in a bottle
11. Various of baby being fed by bottle
12. SOUNDBITE: (Tamil) S. Rajeswaran, nurse:
"I am very happy to be with the child and we are taking very good care of him. I am praying that the baby goes to the correct parents. At the same time I don't want to let the baby go as I have become very attached to him. I will be very sad."
13. Various of Acting Medical Superintendent of the Base Hospital, Kalmunai, Doctor Kumuduni Thurairathnam talking to nurses
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Doctor Kumuduni Thurairathnam, Acting Medical Superintendent of the Base Hospital, Kalmunai:
"We are giving milk and help, all the care we are giving. The baby is with us in our paediatric unit, so no problem. But these parents are getting problem they are coming always, coming and asking that child is ours, ours, ours..."
15. Hospital sign
16. Exterior of hospital
STORYLINE:
Jenita Jeyarajah said on Monday the hospital that she felt "really sad" that the infant boy she claims is her son is not with her and her husband.
She is waiting for a judge's ruling on Wednesday that the boy, whom she believes is her son Abilass, indeed belongs to her.
At the Base Hospital in Kalmunai on Sri Lanka's east coast, the three-month-old child has become known as Baby 81.
He was the 81st admission on 26 December 2004, the day a tsunami swept across the beaches of Sri Lanka and 11 other nations, leaving hundreds of thousands of people dead and missing.
On that day, Jenita Jeyarajah has said, Abilass was ripped from her arms as the waves tore through her beach-front house.
Hospital officials said nine women initially claimed the baby, a heart-wrenching dilemma amid the chaos of those early days when parents were frantically searching for missing children.
One woman allegedly threatened suicide if she was not given custody. Since then, the frenzy has calmed.
Only Jenita Jeyarajah has filed a court case and registered herself with police as the mother.
A few couples who claimed to be Baby 81's parents still come regularly to the hospital, but they have not pursued their claims, police and hospital officials said.
On January 12, a court ordered the hospital to hand the baby to Jenita Jeyarajah temporarily until his parentage could be determined.
But the doctors, who said they were concerned over rival claims, refused, arguing the child still needed medical attention, according to court documents seen by The Associated Press.
The court is to convene again on Wednesday and may order a DNA test to test Jenita Jeyarajah's claim.
She lost all her family records in the tsunami.
No other claimant than Jenita Jeyarajah is expected to testify in court.
Any other claimant would first need to lodge a police report.
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Parents prepare to be reunited with tsunami baby
(16 Feb 2005)
1. Nurses talking
2. Armed soldiers looking down
3. Abilass Jeyarajah lying in cot
STORYLINE:
The parents of four-month-old tsunam...
(16 Feb 2005)
1. Nurses talking
2. Armed soldiers looking down
3. Abilass Jeyarajah lying in cot
STORYLINE:
The parents of four-month-old tsunami survivor Abilass Jeyarajah - dubbed "Baby 81" after he was pulled from debris in Kalmunai - were set to take their son home on Wednesday after an agonising custody battle of nearly eight weeks.
Jenita and Murugupillai Jeyarajah were scheduled to appear in a Kalmunai court on Wednesday, two days after the panel heard DNA evidence showing that they are the parents of the boy.
The boy, wrapped in a blanket and wearing blue clothes and a pink cap, left a local hospital en route to the courtroom in an ambulance, carried by a nurse.
The couple were unable initially to prove the boy was theirs because their home and family records were swept away by the December 26 tsunami.
A court ordered the boy kept in a local hospital until DNA tests could prove his parentage.
The raging waters pulled the boy from his mother's arms, and rescuers recovered him from mud and debris hours later.
They brought him to the hospital, where he became the day's 81st admission, earning him the nickname "Baby 81."
Eight other couples had claimed the baby, but only the Jeyarajahs pressed their claim in court.
Kalmunai Judge M.P. Mohaideen ordered lawyers, the Jeyarajahs, hospital officials and the baby to come to court separately on Wednesday so that the child could be returned to his parents.
Murugupillai Jeyarajah said on Tuesday he and his wife, Jenita, won't overly celebrate their son's homecoming out of respect for parents who lost their children in the disaster.
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(16 Feb 2005)
1. Nurses talking
2. Armed soldiers looking down
3. Abilass Jeyarajah lying in cot
STORYLINE:
The parents of four-month-old tsunami survivor Abilass Jeyarajah - dubbed "Baby 81" after he was pulled from debris in Kalmunai - were set to take their son home on Wednesday after an agonising custody battle of nearly eight weeks.
Jenita and Murugupillai Jeyarajah were scheduled to appear in a Kalmunai court on Wednesday, two days after the panel heard DNA evidence showing that they are the parents of the boy.
The boy, wrapped in a blanket and wearing blue clothes and a pink cap, left a local hospital en route to the courtroom in an ambulance, carried by a nurse.
The couple were unable initially to prove the boy was theirs because their home and family records were swept away by the December 26 tsunami.
A court ordered the boy kept in a local hospital until DNA tests could prove his parentage.
The raging waters pulled the boy from his mother's arms, and rescuers recovered him from mud and debris hours later.
They brought him to the hospital, where he became the day's 81st admission, earning him the nickname "Baby 81."
Eight other couples had claimed the baby, but only the Jeyarajahs pressed their claim in court.
Kalmunai Judge M.P. Mohaideen ordered lawyers, the Jeyarajahs, hospital officials and the baby to come to court separately on Wednesday so that the child could be returned to his parents.
Murugupillai Jeyarajah said on Tuesday he and his wife, Jenita, won't overly celebrate their son's homecoming out of respect for parents who lost their children in the disaster.
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Baby 81 in hospital, parents, baby arriving at court
(16 Feb 2005)
1. Nurses talking
2. Armed soldiers looking down
3. Abilass Jeyarajah lying in cot
4. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) car with pa...
(16 Feb 2005)
1. Nurses talking
2. Armed soldiers looking down
3. Abilass Jeyarajah lying in cot
4. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) car with parents, arriving at court
5. Murugupillai Jeyarajah getting out of car
6. Jenita and Murugupillai Jeyarajah walking toward court surrounded by media
7. Parents outside court
8. Convoy of cars and ambulance arriving at court
9. Nurse carrying Abilass Jeyarajah walking through crowd
10. Parents waiting inside the court
STORYLINE
The four-month-old boy who was swept from his mother's arms by the December 26 tsunami and later nicknamed "Baby 81" was handed to his parents in a courtroom reunion on Wednesday after an agonising custody battle of nearly eight weeks.
A smiling Jenita Jeyarajah, mother of the little Abilass, who was dressed in blue clothes and a pink cap, took her son from a doctor after she and her husband, Murugupillai, approached the bench in a courtroom packed with onlookers.
The reunion concluded a drama that captured hearts in Sri Lanka and around the world, and came two days after a judge confirmed the infant's parentage with DNA test results.
Initially, eight other couples had tried to claim the baby.
Moments after the brief court proceedings, the couple and Abilass left in a UNICEF vehicle en route to their temporary home.
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(16 Feb 2005)
1. Nurses talking
2. Armed soldiers looking down
3. Abilass Jeyarajah lying in cot
4. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) car with parents, arriving at court
5. Murugupillai Jeyarajah getting out of car
6. Jenita and Murugupillai Jeyarajah walking toward court surrounded by media
7. Parents outside court
8. Convoy of cars and ambulance arriving at court
9. Nurse carrying Abilass Jeyarajah walking through crowd
10. Parents waiting inside the court
STORYLINE
The four-month-old boy who was swept from his mother's arms by the December 26 tsunami and later nicknamed "Baby 81" was handed to his parents in a courtroom reunion on Wednesday after an agonising custody battle of nearly eight weeks.
A smiling Jenita Jeyarajah, mother of the little Abilass, who was dressed in blue clothes and a pink cap, took her son from a doctor after she and her husband, Murugupillai, approached the bench in a courtroom packed with onlookers.
The reunion concluded a drama that captured hearts in Sri Lanka and around the world, and came two days after a judge confirmed the infant's parentage with DNA test results.
Initially, eight other couples had tried to claim the baby.
Moments after the brief court proceedings, the couple and Abilass left in a UNICEF vehicle en route to their temporary home.
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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DNA results couple now confirmed as parents of Baby 81
(14 Feb 2005)
Kalmunai - February 13, 2005
1. Man riding bike down the street where the couple, Jenita Jeyarajah and and her husband Murugupillai Jeyarajah...
(14 Feb 2005)
Kalmunai - February 13, 2005
1. Man riding bike down the street where the couple, Jenita Jeyarajah and and her husband Murugupillai Jeyarajah, lives
2. Jenita and Murugupillai standing at the gate of their house
3. Jenita and Murugupillai standing next to each other
Colombo - February 8, 2005
++Audio as Incoming++
4. Nurses holding "Baby 81", putting shoes on his feet, preparing him for visit to the Genetech laboratory
5. Nurse holding "Baby 81"
Kalmunai - February 13, 2005
6. Jenita and Murugupillai reading newspaper
7. SOUNDBITE: (Tamil) Jenita Jeyarajah, Claims to be mother of "Baby 81":
"I am so confused. I don't know what will happen until the court orders (are handed out)."
8. Cutaway of Jenita's hands folded on waist
9. Jeyarajahs looking at newspaper picture of "Baby 81"
10. Newspaper picture of "Baby 81"
Colombo - February 8, 2005
11. Close-up of "Baby 81" sleeping
Kalmunai - February 13, 2005
12. SOUNDBITE: (Tamil) Murugupillai Jeyarajah, Claims to be father of "Baby 81":
"Today I read the newspaper. The DNA test was handed over to court. I feel very happy. I'm one hundred percent sure the court will return my baby to me."
13. Cutaway of Murugupillai's hand on leg
14. Jeyarajahs looking at newspaper
15. Parents saying and waving goodbye
STORYLINE:
DNA test results on Monday showed that an infant boy found in the debris of the Indian Ocean tsunami belongs to the couple who launched a wrenching court battle for his custody, a Sri Lankan court official announced.
The finding, based on last week's court-ordered DNA test of the couple and the boy, nicknamed "Baby 81", ended eight weeks of uncertainty and drama surrounding the infant, who became a symbol of families torn apart by the Dec. 26 tsunami.
On Sunday, Jenita Jeyarajah and her husband, Murugupillai, were nervously awaiting the results.
The couple said the baby, who is now at a Sri Lankan hospital, was torn from them by giant waves on December 26 and that records proving the child is theirs were lost in the deluge.
The Jeyarajahs say the child's name is Abilass, and that he was born on October 19.
Hospital officials had earlier said eight others had claimed the boy, nicknamed "Baby 81" because he was the 81st admission to the hospital the day the tsunami hit.
However, the Jeyarajahs are the only couple to have filed a formal custody claim.
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https://wn.com/Dna_Results_Couple_Now_Confirmed_As_Parents_Of_Baby_81
(14 Feb 2005)
Kalmunai - February 13, 2005
1. Man riding bike down the street where the couple, Jenita Jeyarajah and and her husband Murugupillai Jeyarajah, lives
2. Jenita and Murugupillai standing at the gate of their house
3. Jenita and Murugupillai standing next to each other
Colombo - February 8, 2005
++Audio as Incoming++
4. Nurses holding "Baby 81", putting shoes on his feet, preparing him for visit to the Genetech laboratory
5. Nurse holding "Baby 81"
Kalmunai - February 13, 2005
6. Jenita and Murugupillai reading newspaper
7. SOUNDBITE: (Tamil) Jenita Jeyarajah, Claims to be mother of "Baby 81":
"I am so confused. I don't know what will happen until the court orders (are handed out)."
8. Cutaway of Jenita's hands folded on waist
9. Jeyarajahs looking at newspaper picture of "Baby 81"
10. Newspaper picture of "Baby 81"
Colombo - February 8, 2005
11. Close-up of "Baby 81" sleeping
Kalmunai - February 13, 2005
12. SOUNDBITE: (Tamil) Murugupillai Jeyarajah, Claims to be father of "Baby 81":
"Today I read the newspaper. The DNA test was handed over to court. I feel very happy. I'm one hundred percent sure the court will return my baby to me."
13. Cutaway of Murugupillai's hand on leg
14. Jeyarajahs looking at newspaper
15. Parents saying and waving goodbye
STORYLINE:
DNA test results on Monday showed that an infant boy found in the debris of the Indian Ocean tsunami belongs to the couple who launched a wrenching court battle for his custody, a Sri Lankan court official announced.
The finding, based on last week's court-ordered DNA test of the couple and the boy, nicknamed "Baby 81", ended eight weeks of uncertainty and drama surrounding the infant, who became a symbol of families torn apart by the Dec. 26 tsunami.
On Sunday, Jenita Jeyarajah and her husband, Murugupillai, were nervously awaiting the results.
The couple said the baby, who is now at a Sri Lankan hospital, was torn from them by giant waves on December 26 and that records proving the child is theirs were lost in the deluge.
The Jeyarajahs say the child's name is Abilass, and that he was born on October 19.
Hospital officials had earlier said eight others had claimed the boy, nicknamed "Baby 81" because he was the 81st admission to the hospital the day the tsunami hit.
However, the Jeyarajahs are the only couple to have filed a formal custody claim.
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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