A family lost at sea

Lives Less Ordinary

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.6 • 814 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Fleeing Vietnam, Lauren Vuong’s family almost died. Settled in the U.S. all she wanted was to fulfil her parents’ dream of finding their rescuers. This is the story of one family’s quest for survival, and the kindness of the strangers who helped them.

Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Producers: Louise Morris and May Cameron

Film clip: Finding the Virgo/Barre Fong/Lauren Vuong/ Barre Fong Designs

Transcript

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0:00.0	You are about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about what goes into making one.
0:06.5	I'm Sadata Sese, an assistant commissioner of podcasts for BBC Sounds.
0:11.1	I pull a lot of levers to support a diverse range of podcasts on all sorts of subjects,
0:16.0	relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life. So one day I'll be helping
0:23.8	host develop their ideas, the next fact-checking, a feature, and the next looking at how a
0:30.3	podcast connects with its audience. And maybe that's you. So if you like this podcast, check out some
0:35.9	others on BBC Sounds.
0:41.2	And I grabbed onto the barbed wire fence.
0:43.3	I remember digging into my hand.
0:48.3	And I yelled, bah, bah, you know, can you see me?
0:49.0	I'm here.
0:50.0	I'm here to see you.
0:55.7	I could understand why they would not let other adults see the prisoners, but I'm a child.
0:57.4	I just wanted to hug my dad.
1:12.1	That image, a confused six-year-old girl, gripping on to a barbed wire fence, desperately calling out for her father, is hard to get out of your head.
1:16.2	Lauren Vung feels it to this day,
1:20.2	looking back over some 40 years to her childhood in Vietnam and the sudden shift from everything she knew
1:23.7	when South Vietnam lost the war against the North.
1:28.3	You're listening to Lives Less Ordinary, an original podcast from the BBC World Service.
1:35.2	Each episode, we meet people prepared to share the most intimate and defining moments of their lives with you.
1:43.4	I'm Mubinazar. I'm Mubinazar.
1:44.4	Lauren has memories of her dad from before the separation. More accurately, their fragments of memories.
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