Baby 81 is so named because he was the 81st admission to the pediatric ward of Kalmunai Base Hospital on December 26, the day the tsunami struck. He was brought in by a man who found him amid the ...

"Baby 81" â an infant who survived the Dec. 26 tsunami after being swept from his mother's arms â has been reunited with his parents, putting an end to the eight-week-old custody battle. Four ...

The boy was known just as Baby 81, but DNA tests show he is Abilash Jeyarajah, the son of Murugupillai, 30, and Jenita Jeyarajah, 25, from the eastern town of Kalmunai.

A nurse had taken the baby from the hospital, but returned him after hearing that his family was alive. The ordeal, however, was far from over. Nine other families had submitted their names to the ...

KALMUNAI, Sri Lanka – "Baby 81," the infant claimed by nine couples after he miraculously survived the Indian Ocean tsunami, was reunited with his parents Wednesday in the joyous conclusion to ...

Sri Lanka's beacon of hope "Baby 81" has managed to steal the hearts of Americans as he made his debut on United States television to raise funds for tsunami survivors in his home country.

“Baby 81,” the boy who became a symbol of families torn apart by the tsunami, arrived in the Sri Lankan capital Wednesday to undergo DNA tests that may help determine his real parents.

The boy once known as “Baby 81,” who was pulled from the mud as an infant after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and reunited with his parents following an emotional court battle ...

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - The infant dubbed "Baby 81" nurses from a bottle and kicks playfully at a pink blanket as nine desperate, heartbroken women quarrel over him — all claiming he was torn from ...