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FOUND: Grandma swept 20km down river survives unhurt - What They Never Told You

Grandma Ree grasps onto the floating edge of a krachang pla, or a fish-raising basket, in the Chao Phraya River in Bang Pa-in district, Ayutthaya, after being swept 20 kilometres downstream. (Photo: Than Ayutthaya Facebook page)

AYUTTHAYA: A 81-year-old woman who slipped and fell into the Chao Phraya River in the early hours of Tuesday was found alive and safe four-hours later and 20 kilometres downstream, clutching the side of a floating fish basket.

Grandma Ree, of tambon Ban Pom in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district, toppled into the river around 3am on Tuesday. She was quickly swept away.

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