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CNET News Internet & Media Man uses Google Earth to find long-lost mother Separated from his family at age 5, Indian man uses the Web tool to track down the name of his village -- and ultimately reunite with his mother.
by Steven Musil April 15, 2012 11:21 AM PDT 14 CommentsFacebook495Twitter242Linked In46More
Google Earth helped Saroo Brierley find the village he left as a child, right down to the waterfall he used to play in as a child. (Credit: Screenshot by Steven Musil/CNET) Sometimes Google Earth can help you find your way home after decades of not knowing where home is. That is what apparently happened for an Indian man who was separated from his family as a 5-year-old. Saroo Brierley tells BBC magazine that he was traveling with his older brother in 1986 when the two became separated. Brierley was accompanying his brother on a train trip when he fell asleep and awoke 14 hours later in the n"
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