VHM_0030

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Pair of blue children's shorts
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Date
1981
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Description

This pair of blue shorts belonged to Nguyễn Tuấn Anh, a five-year-old child who died alongside his mother and younger sister, Nguyễn Thị Thủy Tiên, during a harrowing attempt to flee Vietnam by boat in 1981. The family was among 75 refugees aboard a boat that was attacked by pirates during their journey at sea. After surviving the ordeal, his father, Nguyễn Tiến Hóa, returned to the wrecked boat and recovered his son's shorts. 

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