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Remembering The Indian Ocean Tsunami: A Memorial To The Individuals Who Died
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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**FILE** Women and children, victims of tidal waves from Campbell Bay and Nicobar sit in an Indian Air Force AN32 plane as they are evacuated in India's southeastern Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in this Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004 file photo. The Dec. 26 tsunami disaster has left more than 1,300 people dead, 5,544 people missing and some 55,000 others displaced on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands archipelago. It has also wiped out scores of villages, altered entire islands, and created mountains of debris that could choke mangrove forests and destroy coral reefs. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)
Posted: 7th, July 2011 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)
