Pita Taufatofua: Olympic flagbearer's father home safe after 'big adventure'

By Jack Bantock, CNN

Updated 1723 GMT (0123 HKT) January 21, 2022

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(CNN)Tongan Pita Taufatofua says his father is safely hoome after the Olympic athlete was unable to make contact him following the «devastating» tsunami that hit the nation on Saturday.

Earlier this week Taufatofua, who became widely recognized after being his country's flagbearer at the Summer and Winter Olympics, told CNN that he had «no idea» of his 74-year-old father's whereabouts following the massive eruption of the underwater Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano.But on Friday, his father walked through the door of Taufatofua's family home on the main island of Ha'apai — «sun burnt and tired,» but safe after