Deacon Ned Berghausen, foreground right, is pictured helping carry a tsunami survivor to safety after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami struck Thailand. He was 24 years old at the time and The deacon, ordained in 2020, was 24 years old at the time and serving in the Peace Corps, but was vacationing on Koh Phi Phi Island in Thailand when the tsunami struck. (OSV News/Pim Boonyarattana, The Record)
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