Ruben van Assouw was traveling home from a safari with his parents and brother and learned that he was the sole survivor only days later. Vocalist, songwriter and guitarist Anana Harouna, their producer and keyboardist Sofyann Ben Youssef. Survivor 9-year-old Ruben van Assouw lies in bed at El Khadra hospital in Tripoli May 12, 2010. Nine-year-old Ruben van Assouw was the only survivor after an Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330 crashed just short of the runway of Libya's Tripoli airport. A: Thank you for the kind words. Ruben was sick on the plane to South Africa, and on the first day of the safari he "puked the car full," Patrick van Assouw wrote on his blog. Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence. The flight 8U771 that was going to land in Tripoli, crashed, leaving 103 dead. We are now trying to catch our breath a bit, because we realize that the next blow will come quickly," the statement read. TILBURG, The Netherlands, May 18, 2010 — -- Ruben van Assouw, the 9-year-old sole survivor of the plane crash in Libya last week, is doing well and is expected to make a full recovery, the boy's family said in a statement released this morning. It becomes clear he is not even aware the plane has crashed and his parents and brother are dead.”. A photo of the injured child in his hospital bed was distributed by Libyan authorities and a Dutch tabloid managed to get into his room and interview him before he knew his family was dead. The note, signed by the chief editor, excuses that the newspaper wasn’t trying to abuse Ruben’s situation. Ruben van Assouw is a 9 year old boy who was the lone survivor a plane crash in Libya. Ruben Van Assouw, the sole Dutch survivor of plane crash in Libya receives medical treatment in a hospital in Tripoli in this image taken from TV on Wednesday. Nov. 20, 2010. "And he was very happy to see his family again. Ruben van Assouw is seen in his hospital bed in Tripoli's El Khadra hospital, Libya Thusday, May 13, 2010. iMediaEthics wrote about the list May 3. Associated Press, De Telegraaf moet haar voorpagina vullen, en als dat niet met stukken over files kan dan maar met het betere human interest werk. We are contacting the Libyan government, De Telegraaf and the U.S. based, Society Of Professional Journalists (SPJ) for comment. Home » Invasion of Privacy»Where’s the Outrage? New York Post, Rather, they were interested in what the boy had to say. EINDHOVEN: Nine-year-old Ruben van Assouw, the sole survivor of a Libyan airliner crash, arrived back home in the Netherlands on Saturday, three days after the disaster that killed his parents, brother and 100 others, officials said. Dear Edward was inspired by the true story of Ruben Van Assouw, the sole survivor of a plane crash in 2010. It is just devastating that three of them have been taken from us.". Close-up photos of Ruben in the hospital have been published by media outlets worldwide. Relatives broke the news to Ruben van Assouw that his father, mother and brother were killed when the Airbus A330-200 ploughed into a sandy field in Tripoli, Libya. 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A whole controversy is swirling through the Dutch media about De Telegraaf‘s hospital bed interview. The flight 8U771 that was going to land in Tripoli, crashed, leaving 103 dead. Daily Mail, Nearby, at the small brick elementary school where Ruben is in the third grade and his brother Enzo was in the sixth grade, teachers and students were grieving the loss of one of their own. Radio Netherlands Worldwide writes: “The paper claims it got the boy on the phone by accident, through his surgeon. However, even among these violators of the little boy’s rights, The Dutch daily newspaper De Telegraaf went way over the top. But, the editor doesn’t seem to actually apologize for the interview. Only a Dutch boy of 9 years called Ruben Van Assouw survived. Ruben's parents, Trudy and Patrick van Assouw, and his only sibling, Enzo, 11, were among the 103 passengers and crew killed when Afriqiyah Airways … "The process of identification will still take quite some time," Christoph Prommersberger said. Aired Show Obtenez des photos d'actualité haute résolution de qualité sur Getty Images His father, mother and 11-year-old brother are believed to have been among the 103 people on board who were killed Wednesday when their flight from South Africa crashed short of the runway in Tripoli.One of the lead doctors treating the The flight originated in South Africa and crashed in Libya – most of the passengers were Dutch, and on their way home from vacation. AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The family travel blog of the sole survivor of a … Rescuers found 9-year-old Ruben Van Assouw still strapped in his seat and breathing in an area of desert sand strewn with the plane's debris. Ruben's parents, Patrick, 40, and Trudy, 41, along with his 11-year-old brother Enzo died last week when their plane crashed on approach to the airport in Tripoli, Libya. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. On one stood flowers, notes, and pictures of the three van Assouws who perished in the crash. The boy was flown back to the Netherlands by Libyan ambulance jet on Saturday, accompanied by two doctors and his aunt and uncle, who had traveled to Tripoli to be at their nephew's side. In the tight-knit neighborhood of the small city in which Ruben and his family lived, neighbors are still reeling from the news of his accident. As far as the inspiration, I became obsessed with a story in the news about a plane crash in 2010. Jeroen van der Sande, left, uncle and Ingrid van Assouw, center, aunt of Ruben vas Assow, accompany the boy as he lies on a stretcher covered by … The daily newspaper has a circulation of 808,000 and an average reach of 2.4 million people, according to Sovereign Publications. To their shame,  The NY Daily News, AOL News, ABC News, Yahoo News, The NY Post, and USA Today all reported and used quotes from the interview.