‘Rescuer said he would save me, then raped me’

SHE survived the tsunami, only to suffer the inhumanity of her rescuer.

“He told me to grab his hand, that he will save me,” said the 18-year-old girl, who asked not to be named for fear of being ostracised by her village.

She recalled flailing in the water, desperately trying to keep afloat and barely aware of the screams and chaos around her when she heard the voice offering help.

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