Last night the Swedish news started to report that two Swedish boys were missing after the tsunami in Java. I didn’t think about it very much until this morning when I skimmed the online newspapers as I always do before starting to work.
My heart skipped a beat when I looked at a picture of the whole family and realized that I used to work with the father Peter and I had also met the boys on several occasions. Peter was, and still is, the producer of BingoLotto, the lottery show I worked for more than six years. I left BingoLott two years ago (in June), but having worked there for so long and being part of its amazing success it something I won’t forget. The article also said that the father was in critical condition in hospital while the mother was back in Sweden worrying. Peter’s wife is Indonesian and they spend every summer there, but this year she had gone home earlier because of her job.
During the day I kept going back to the newspaper wanting to get more information about Peter and his little boys, but no luck. The boys were still missing. The Boxing Day tsunami back in 2004 killed more than 500 Swedes so the press have a field day when something like this happens again. Very much to my nuance.
Right before leaving work I decided to check the news one last time and yes the boys had been found safe and sound. And Peter will be able to leave the hopsital before the end of the week. An ending that I soooooo had wished for all day long.
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