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There was a in the Indian Ocean the other day. A Yemenia Airways plane into the sea. It was going to the Comoros Islands from France. The stopped in Yemen and changed planes. There was a in the water. A 14-year-old girl survived. She was in the water for 13 hours. She couldn’t swim, but she on to something floating in the water. Her mother died in the . The girl’s father is both happy and sad. He lost his wife but thanks God his daughter was .

I think that 14-year-old is like a . Even though she could not swim, she in the water for over half a day. She also was not wearing a jacket. I wonder what she thought about. She thought she would die. If that was me, I’d worry about sharks. I would wait and that a boat or helicopter came along. I can’t what was going through her . She said she heard other voices, and then she heard nothing. I hope she will be OK from now. I don’t think she’ll be in a to fly again.