Tongan Pita Taufatofua says his father is safely home after the Olympic athlete was unable to make contact with him following the tsunami that hit the nation on Saturday.
Tongan Pita Taufatofua says his father is safely home after the Olympic athlete was unable to make contact him following the "devastating" tsunami that hit the nation on Saturday.
Earlier this week Taufatofua, who became widely recognized after being his country's flagbearer at the Summer and Winter Olympics, told CNN that he had"no idea" of his 74-year-old father's whereabouts following the massive eruption of the underwater Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano.
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