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Remembering The Indian Ocean Tsunami: A Memorial To The Individuals Who Died

by | 7th, July 2011

PRINCE Charles laid a wreath at the memorial to the 155 British victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami at the Natural History Museum, London. It is estimated that more than 225,000 fell victim to the waves. It was such a huge loss of life that it’s impossible to take in. You need to see the individual to make any sense of it. You need to see the memorial and look at a name, any name, and wonder at the tragedy…

These images are evocative of the horror. Some of them are graphic. A side of human life is here. If you want to look…

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Swedish Carl Bergman, left, and his son Hannes pause to be photograph at a resort in Phuket, Thailand, in this Dec. 28, 2004 photo. Bergman lost his wife Cecilia in the Dec. 26 Asian Tsunami. Hannes, now 2, was found unconscious and taken by Thai Princess Ubolratana, who lost her own son to the surging waters, by helicopter to a hospital in Phuket. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)



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