
Pita Taufatofua: Olympic flagbearer's father home safe after 'big adventure'
CNN
Tongan Pita Taufatofua says his father is safely hoome after the Olympic athlete was unable to make contact him following the "devastating" tsunami that hit the nation on Saturday.
Earlier this week Taufatofua, who became widely recognized after being his country's flagbearer at the Summer and Winter Olympics, told CNN that he had "no idea" of his 74-year-old father's whereabouts following the massive eruption of the underwater Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano.
But on Friday, his father walked through the door of Taufatofua's family home on the main island of Ha'apai -- "sun burnt and tired," but safe after a "big adventure," said the Olympic athlete in an Instagram post on Friday.

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