India, Feb. 4 -- In a heartwarming gesture, an IAS officer who served as a district collector during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Tamil Nadu officiated the wedding of the youngest survivor of the disaster.

After the tsunami devastated Nagapattinam and claimed over 6,000 lives, Dr J Radhakrishnan found a little girl named Meena crying near the debris in Keechankuppam.

She was placed at Annai Sathya Government Children's Home in Nagapattinam but the IAS officer and his wife Krithika continued to support her. Even after his transfer, Radhakrishnan never stopped supporting on her journey to become a nurse.

When Meena decided to get married, it was Radhakrishnan who travelled to Nagapattinam to officiate the wedding. Several survivors w...