Surviving Boxing Day tsunami gave me a 2nd chance

'Surviving the Boxing Day tsunami gave me a second chance'
Ani Naqvi remembers the Boxing Day tsunami 20 years ago not just as the day when she nearly lost her life but one that gave her new purpose. She had just turned 33 and was visiting a friend in the Sri Lankan surfing village of Arugam Bay on 26 December 2004 when one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded struck off the coast of Indonesia,
Man who survived tragic Boxing Day tsunami shares haunting two words he heard moments before
Luke Simon, who survived the devastated 2004 Boxing Day tsunami which killed his brother, has shared the haunting two words he heard moments before.
'I thought the world was ending during Boxing Day tsunami - I don't know how I survived'
John Metcalfe, a Liverpool man living in Thailand, survived the Boxing Day Tsunami 20 years ago, enduring harrowing injuries and a fight for life against overwhelming odds with the help of his dad
Boxing Day tsunami - 'I missed death five times'
Duncan Ridgley says "it was like going through five Viking battles in a day".
'Boxing Day Tsunami 20 years ago today saw me lose my two sons and fiancé in an instant'
Sharon Howard has returned to Thailand to mark the 20th anniversary of losing her six-year-old son Taylor, his eight-year-old brother Mason and fiancé, David Page, 44
‘There was nothing but death and debris’ – The Boxing Day tsunami 20 years on
20 years later, one of the Matara train’s carriages sits outside the city’s Tsunami Museum as a haunting reminder of Boxing Day of 2004. The effects of the 9.3 Richter scale earthquake did not relent until eight hours later, when unaware swimmers off the coast of South Africa felt the force of the waves.
What we have learned in the 20 years since Boxing Day tsunami
Tsunami and earthquake data still isn’t shared widely around the world. Local authorities and experts often don’t communicate the risk to residents of flood-prone communities.
'Surviving a tsunami has given me purpose in life'
Clare Allen said the 2004 tsunami dramatically changed her life A woman who survived the Boxing Day tsunami 20 years ago said the disaster has given her an "extraordinary purpose" in life. Clare Allen,
Boxing Day Tsunami: An elephant took me to safety
A woman who was able to survive the Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand 20 years ago unharmed, aged eight, because of an elephant said "it makes you grateful for everything that's happened to you". On 26004,
Woman who lost fiancé and two sons in Boxing Day tsunami speaks out on devastating moment disaster struck
A woman who survived a tsunami shared the devastation of the impact of the waves. It has been 20 years since the Boxing Day ...
Boxing Day tsunami: here’s what we have learned in the 20 years since the deadliest natural disaster in modern history
On Boxing Day 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia set off a tsunami which killed almost 250,000 people. It ...
Tearful mourners mark 20th anniversary of Boxing Day tsunami
Tearful mourners across Asia have commemorated the 220,000 people who died two decades ago when a tsunami hit coastlines ...
Indonesia and Thailand mark 20 years of devastating Boxing Day tsunami with sombre ceremonies
In Thailand, people gathered at a memorial ceremony in Ban Nam Khem, a small fishing village in Phang Nga province that bore ...
Incredible tale of ‘miracle boy’ who survived on puddle water in swamp for 21 days after Boxing Day tsunami 20yrs ago
A YOUNG boy spent nearly a month living off puddle water after the devastating Boxing Day tsunami. Hero Ian Dovaston told The ...
Boxing Day earthquake, which killed about 250K, serves as a reminder to be ready
Boxing Day, marks the 20th year since one of the world's most significant natural disasters, the Sumatra earthquake.
20 years since the Boxing Day tsunami: How Sri Lanka’s Yala National Park has recovered – and thrived
Two decades after the 2004 tsunami devastated coastal regions around Asia, Tamara Davison travels to one of the areas that ...