A Present From Brooklyn
From Manhattan she came, bringing her retirement savings to build a house in a poor village on the west coast.
December 27, 2005
SARA Henderson seemed to be far removed from the fields of death created by the tsunami in Aceh. Mrs. Henderson lives in a comfortable apartment in ManhattanNew Yorks most elite neighbourhood. For all of her life, Sara, 58, only understood banking. This executive retiree from an international bank had worked in Indonesia. She lived in Jakarta for 16 years. Nevertheless, during that time she never set foot in Aceh.
When destruction was visited upo
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