PATTAYA — Thai Police successfully reunited an elderly Chinese tourist with her family after she became separated from her group in South Pattaya on Friday, thanks to her bracelet.
Ms. Zhang, 80, was found standing alone on a traffic island on Sukhumvit Road in front of Tesco Lotus around 11:00 a.m. on August 22. The woman could only speak Chinese, creating significant communication barriers for responding officers from Pattaya City Police Station.
Despite assistance from tourist police who could communicate in Chinese, officers initially struggled to obtain information that would help locate her family members. She was speaking incoherently with obvious signs of worry and anxiety, and carried no ID documents.
The breakthrough came when police noticed an identification bracelet on Ms. Zhang’s wrist containing engraved contact numbers. Officers made an international call using the information and successfully contacted the woman’s relatives in China.
Police learned that the elderly woman had just arrived in Pattaya 2 days ago and had likely become separated from her family members.
Three hours later, her family, who were also vacationing in Pattaya, were located and rushed to the scene for an emotional reunion. Both the elderly tourist and her family members expressed tearful gratitude to the police for their assistance.
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