Chinese parents reunite with long-lost son after 14 years
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Published 2021-12-06
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After more than a decade searching throughout China, Sun Haiyang and his wife finally found their missing son Sun Zhuo. In 2007, he was lured away by a stranger while playing on the street. According to Chinese state media, the boy’s abductor has been arrested. The family were reunited 14 years later in Shenzhen after a DNA test confirmed the boy’s identity.
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All Comments (21)
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Man I cant imagine the relief he felt after so many years of trying to find his son
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One of my classmates, who was also my neighbor at that time, was kidnapped when I was 10. Now I’m 33, but her parents still haven’t given up looking for her. Human traffickers should be directly sentenced to death after being arrested.
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To those who feel sad for the parents, he eventually returned to live with them! The mom said he still felt a bit distant to them, which was natural after years of separation, but he had became quite close to his biological sister already
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So much respect for the dad. That's how a real man cried for his children.
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Imagine having a normal life with your parents and then suddenly being kidnapped and sold by strangers. A big part of the parent's life is to find their son. Imagine the pain both sides went through. Let's value the time we spend with our family, value every second of happiness.
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The relief in his dads cries bless that they’re reunited again
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I dont understand how there’s so many kids without parents who need loving homes but they decide to kidnap children who already have homes/parents. Sad af
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Dad's wail broke my soul! I have a son I worship with every ounce of my being! I know how deep dad's love goes. It's time for this family to finally be happy!
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This is actually an ultimate sad story. The father in this story is a true hero in China. Throughout those 14 years, he has help countless families to reunite with their child. Yet, when he finally found his son, the son decided to stay with his adoptive family. The son doesn't have any memory of his biological parents. His whole life, all his memory are with his current family, and they treated him very well. The result of this story cause lot of uproar in China about the need to change the kidnapping and children trafficking's law. The current law is not harsh enough for the kidnapper or the seller (5-25 years), and way too lenient for the buyer (up to 5 years). Also the right of recourse is too short (only 5 years). It's heart breaking that this father found his son physically, but didn't get him back in reality. He can't even press charge or file a civil law suit against his son's adoptive parents (the buyer) because the recourse period expired. The only silver lining is the kidnapper was arrested and now in jail
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its ridiculous when police say they need 24 hours because a child can be hundreds of miles away in a few hours. how many children could've been found that same day if authorities acted faster.
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The "adoptive" parents should be arrested, too. How could they not know it's not okay to pay money for a child? This makes me so angry. I'm at least glad that he wasn't abused, or so I hope.
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I just got chills from hearing this father's cries. I can feel his happiness and pain at the same time.
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He's truly a devoted father ❤ the fact that he's willing to spend all his savings and even borrow some shows how much he love his son. For 14 years he remained positive and persevered believing that his dearest son is still alive out there. No words could describe his feelings when he finally reunited with him all we can guess is his tears of joy definitely mean his hope and prayer has been answered ❤
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Just hearing the father crying like that brought tears to my eyes. I can’t imagine the pain they went through all those years.
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man i cried real hard. the father emotion is really genuine
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Man, that dad's cathartic wailing hit me right in the heart.
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The parents must have blamed themselves so hard for the past 14 years the child disappeared. Glad he was found alive and well ! Bless the family and the adoptive family
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The parent were lucky enough to see their kid founded, most of kidnapping kid are either missing or dead..
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They missed his whole life after losing him. I can't even imagine the pain they went through.. that's heartbreaking. I'm glad at least the son is healthy and nothing worse happened
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as a father i could relate to what his saying, giving up all his money to have his son back. crying his heart out while wrapping his arms to his long lost son. genuinely loving father.