Miracle! She lost her family for 43 years. (EPIC FAMILY REUNION in VIETNAM) a Kyle Le Doc.

Hi, I'm Kyle and right now I'm very happy, this is Kim and John, they are very happy, very happy, I already told you, but 43

years

ago things were very different. You see, Kim, also known as Fook, was brought to the United States in 1974 by the

family

she worked for, unfortunately in the United States this

family

abused her and denied her school and many other things, including her own identity, isolating her for complete with all ties to Vietnam, they didn't even mail all the letters she wrote to her mother when she was able to escape them by pretending she was pregnant.

She was expelled with only $3.00 to her name and no English at all. A few

years

later, when she was brave enough to face her tormentors, they walked away from her and disappeared from her. Many years later, Kim met John, had children, and lived a relatively normal life while she wondered what happened to her family in Vietnam. When Kim was a child, there was a war, her mother was constantly moving and she doesn't even remember her own hometown, she didn't even know her mother's real name because her mother didn't even use her real name and also in Vietnamese culture the Official names are rarely used.

Everyone knows each other by a nickname or a last name. Whoever remembers it. the names of her younger sisters and even with a surname would have been very impossible because Vietnamese names are usually too similar. She did remember working in Saigon and that was it. There was very little hope until John finally found the son of the family. whoever brought her to America remembered some documents with her name on them and without her mother's knowledge sent John Kim's ID and on that ID was an address in Saigon and this is where I come into this story ready, that's wrong, it's all change of Of course, after the fall of Saigon, many things changed, including the owners, we hoped someone would remember certain names, like our sister's name or the people she used to work for, we just knocked on doors and recited names , a name seemed familiar.

This woman here and led us to a couple, the only couple who lived there before 1975 and who still remained in the alley. Her nephew meets the woman's daughter named White, whose younger sister Kim had not worked. They gave me her number. but it didn't work so we tried her house phone and she didn't know how to use it. It finally worked and they gave me another number and I made a call. She was in town visiting 98 people. um, hello, meh, I could hang up on Lee. Toland, give me your song back and go to the rally, maybe it's okay, but yeah, yeah, yeah.

Wow, yeah, well, look. Yes, early in the morning we headed to a coastal city not far from Saigon with new roads, the trip there could be traffic-free. done in just an hour and a half, how are you feeling this morning? Although yeah, excited and nervous, very sad, Mona Natalie woke her up for crying, okay, I'm happy, you know, if we get something from Lee, what happens? Hi, when is she ever so? I'm glad you say it, yes, but you cry, has that ever happened to you? Joe. I'm so happy you're not so sad today. This area is a developing tourist area with salt fields everywhere in the old days etc.

On the way to the medical clinic we got a little

lost

and I asked for directions, but got a lot more in return. Okay, so the man we're following now works in a small government outpost area and I told him we had to find the hospital where Kim's sister used to work or maybe still does, but he suggested we go talk to him. this woman used to work there, so it might be a better lead, who knows, but every lead we have to follow to Madeira is the following. The neighbor next door heard the commotion and the story and offered to guide us to another lady.

She was here since the falls. I have a lot of these people here in this area, they came after the war and at this moment I knew we found them, come on, come. in Oh, your life is going to change one way or another, hurry up, let's go here, let's go, well, yeah, but did he turn himself in here? Although she sure wasn't looking, no, baby, I know, yeah, this is good, so she sold the house here and now let's move on are you ready, yeah, boy? I know what they will say, that my father never had fun with Bobby and after 43 years, two sisters and together with a lot to talk about and not.

Don't forget the brother-in-law, he's a good guy too. I love her so much. John seemed very happy, he put a lot of effort into this, he put a lot of effort into eating chicken feet, his favorite food, by the way, and it even amuses him. The 43-year-old

reunion

special needs a lot more food and there was another important matter: finding Tunt was the key to finding Kim's mother, so with a heavy heart, we hurried back to Saigon, since a son It was brewing quickly and Kim was about to meet her better half. sisters for the first time Kim's mother suffered a stroke she has been bedridden for over six years doctors initially gave her only a few months to live when I called Kim's younger sister to ask her address.

The towel was surprised and very happy at the same time. she couldn't believe it her life was in its typical routine and a phone call from a strange voice my strange voice is here and suddenly a few hours later a mysterious figure walked through the doors and suddenly now you have an older sister the same one as You've heard about it throughout your life, just take a moment to imagine it for me tonight. Oh wait, not having any family, having it all and even sharing a meal with them and a family run and extended to more family cousins ​​and distant cousins ​​cousins ​​children cousins ​​aunts children aunts uncles uncles aunts and it was like winter suddenly passed and spring was in full bloom a flourishing family from a girl who left when she was 14 and now as a woman for the The first time she has a family and these people helped her discover her own identity, in fact, Kim finally learned her real name, his father's name, his mother's name and many other things.

It just wasn't about the past, it was about the present and moving forward. Now with the family and it was as if they had never left each other. A few days later, Kim had the opportunity to visit her father's grave for the first time. His tombstone was just a representation because her body was never found until the day before Kim's departure. to America is pretty hard to believe, I know, but just a couple of days after Kim's visit to the cemetery, Kim's brother-in-law called me to tell him that his father's remains had been found and yes, everyone was surprised by convincing the girl that he would come pick them up. up yellow the yellow signal lights up next to Jana Jana look very much in the end I'll make it my name is Elmo sure look I'm going to make myself a loving chocolate at the moment I'm with mom and grandma they're doing it and I'm making them something, right?

I'm going to be a big family. This man knew Kim's father and now volunteers his time to find missing remains and alert families. He told stories. He was pretty sure how his father died and his whereabouts. The reason why they did it. We have not yet discovered his father's remains because the man who buried his father went to Hanoi after the war and assumed the remains had been found, but one day last year he returned as a tourist and realized that the area It was intact a year later and again. Just on Kim's last day in Vietnam, the government granted permission to dig, and just like the first night we set out to Saigon to find Kim's former workplace, the skies unleashed a steady stream of rain on us as we walked toward the jungle, the exact place.

It was not known that it had been 49 years since the entire jungle had definitely changed, but fortunately the rock and cave formations did not change much and the craters from the B-52 bombs were still visible, giving clues as to exactly where the father might be. from Kim right now. I do not know what. They've done it, I'm so well that I don't know what Phase II is now, uh, Phase II audit, I mean, the last few days, the last few days, I don't think I can have it that clearly. I'm dreaming about financing, you know? So the only memories of your father were when he came back in the middle of the night to visit you.

Yeah, you never went anywhere with him. You never know. Hey, I see it a couple of times, that's a couple of terms. Remember, hello guys, in the fourth hour the first bones were discovered. I'll go to, of course, this man was happy when he was 14 or 15, he was the one who buried Kim's father at the time you're watching this video now. DNA testing has no longer been confirmed, but remains of six different people were found and it is likely that Kim's father was finally found this time ten days ago. You didn't have a family, you didn't have a family.

That's me before I left Vietnam. Kimandjohn BOTS. English books and blackboards, chairs and tables donated to a girls' orphanage. Before they were studying on the floor now they don't have to do it anymore thank you thank you for helping you are going to use these chairs for a while yes, no, that makes us so happy that we see that you are skipping CDs, yes, the desk and the tables, and that it will help them get better and better, so that's okay, videos of family moments like these and family moments like these and souls with calm shoulders and not so heavy anymore.

Minds at peace enough to walk on the beach. So all these things were only possible thanks to the kindness and help of familiar faces, some not seen in this video and many others seen, some of these strangers went above and beyond and this

reunion

could not have been possible without their efforts and your good will, everyone contributed, everyone was part of this journey, everyone was part of it, thank you very much, yes, and of course, many congratulations to John and his sleepless nights, research preparations and encouragement, and for loving and supporting to Kim and being her only family. so far the Vietnam of today is very different from the Vietnam of the past despite the war despite the ocean and despite zero contact 43 years one thing never changed family thanks for seeing you