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,
Cornish surfer who survived Boxing Day tsunami recalls 'white water and chaos'
The last I saw of that room was the roof dropping down on us before we were washed out through the rear wall of the building'
Victims and survivors of Boxing Day tsunami remembered 20 years on
Victims and survivors of the Boxing Day tsunami are being remembered 20 years on from the disaster. A 9.1 magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean on December 26 2004 triggered the tsunami which killed more than 200,000 people.
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,
Boxing Day tsunami survivor recalls 'horrifying' moment that changed life forever 20 years on
Porter, from Cofton Hackett, only put up one Christmas decoration this year as show of respect to those who lost their lives in one of the worst natural disasters on Boxing Day 2004
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 ...
Devon woman describes 'apocalyptic' scenes after Boxing Day tsunami
Buildings completely destroyed, piles of rubble, boats in places they shouldn't naturally have been, dead bodies everywhere…' ...
Frenchwoman’s 20 years of helping Thai school after daughter died in Boxing Day tsunami
Elisabeth Zana thought her life was over after her daughter died in the 2004 tsunami. Instead she began helping a Thai school ...
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 ...
Boxing Day tsunami: Families devastated by the loss of loved ones reflect on disaster
Sky's Asia Correspondent Cordelia Lynch has been to Khao Lak in Thailand to see how people are still rebuilding their lives.
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 ...
Woman who lost fiancé and two sons in boxing day tsunami makes devastating admission on 20th anniversary
A woman who survived a tsunami has opened up about its impact 20 years on. The boxing day tsunami which took the lives of ...
Indian Ocean tsunami two decades ago left 230,000 dead and a lasting legacy
One of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami marks its 20th anniversary on Dec. 26 ...
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 ...