One palm tree had a speedboat impaled on it upside down another had a dead baby in its branches. On the beach, cats and dogs and children's toys were everywhere, and people were running around screaming, said Ms.
When her mother announces a holiday vacation to Thailand, Tara isnt thrilled. Fishermen were dragging bodies toward shore. Tara and the Towering Wave: An Indian Ocean Tsunami Survival Story. They began seeing dead bodies in the water, both Thai and tourists, with their clothing ripped off. Tara and the Towering Wave: An Indian Ocean Tsunami Survival Story. All they knew was that there was a sudden heavy current and loss of visibility in the water. Taras resort vacation suddenly becomes a fight to survive - and find her mother in. The BBC's Dominic Hurst speaks to Edie Fassnidge, who survived but lost her mother and sister. Thank you for visiting the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Survivor website. On Boxing Day 2004 a tsunami hit south-east Asia leaving more than 200,000 people dead. Kim, from Santa Monica, Calif., were diving 120 feet underwater off Ko Phi Phi Island in Thailand when the tsunami hit. An introduction to the Tsunami Survival Site. In short, it promises the ultimate in disaster. One Californian couple escaped death by actually scuba diving under the tsunami. Designed to aerospace standards and built from aircraft-grade aluminum, its made to withstand tsunamis, earthquakes, tornadoes and hurricanes. Masao Takeda, a man in his 70s living with his wife in Higashi Matsushima City. "Most were hoping the bodies weren't the ones they were looking for, while some were just hoping to find closure on their missing friends and relatives." The first story of survival explored is a particularly sad one. "People would have hopes in their eyes until the tarps were unwrapped and the faces were shown, and then they would cover their mouths and cry," wrote Ms. Helicopters and ambulances rushed injured people to a hospital, and relatives and friends of victims crowded to the beach as rescue boats dropped off bodies wrapped in blue tarps.
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