WELLINGTON (Reuters) -A 57-year-old Tongan man who said he swam around 27 hours after getting swept out to sea during Saturday’s devastating tsunami has been hailed a ‘real life Aquaman’. The eruption ...
A 57-year-old Tongan man was forced to swim for 27 hours straight after getting swept at sea amidst Saturday's devastating tsunami. The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano and subsequent ...
RIO DE JANEIRO — Halfway through a sparring session with his coach Sunday afternoon, the heartthrob of the Olympics put his best asset in jeopardy. Pita Taufatofua leaned in too far throwing a punch ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A 57-year-old Tongan man being hailed a real-life Aquaman for surviving 27 hours at sea after Saturday’s devastating tsunami struck his island said he went under nine times before ...
A 57-year-old Tongan man being hailed a real-life Aquaman for surviving 27 hours at sea after Saturday’s devastating tsunami struck his island said he went under nine times before latching onto a log ...
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga -- A whole menagerie of animals are familiar members of American households and are often considered full-fledged members of a family, sometimes even acquiring a sappy term of ...
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — It is my duty to report that in addition to being better-looking, a better athlete, and occasionally greasier than you, Pita Taufatofua, the world-famous flag bearer/cross ...
It’s where he is from, most assuredly, even if he never has been there. So, for years now, he has punctuated significant plays on the football field by forming a capital “T” with his arms in ...
“Where’s Tonga?” so many of our friends asked when we told them we were going to go bareboat sailing there in December. (Bareboat means no captain or crew -- we sail the boat.) Tonga is a tropical ...
Caroline Dubois is holding back tears. Standing before a throng of people as they begin their countdown from 10, she looks for her family in the stands. Her pulse is racing. “Please don’t cry,” she ...
SYDNEY, Jan 21 (Reuters) - A 57-year-old Tongan man being hailed a real-life Aquaman for surviving 27 hours at sea after Saturday's devastating tsunami struck his island said he went under nine times ...