Lost boy finds home 25 years later through Google Earth

25 years ago, a 5 year old boy named Saroo fell asleep in a train in Calcutta and woke up separated from his brother, not knowing where he was. The intervening years brought him to Australia where he found a new home. Longing for his old family, he used Google Earth to look for his childhood town. That fateful online search led to his reunion with his mother. 

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