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20 years since Indian Ocean tsunami disaster marked today

Dec 26, 2024 08:31 By News Northern Sound
20 years since Indian Ocean tsunami disaster marked today
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The giant waves triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake killed almost 230-thousand people.

It's 20 years since the Indian Ocean Tsunami disaster on St Stephen's Day 2004.
The giant waves triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake killed almost 230-thousand people.

Survivor Martunis Sarbini was just 7 when his hometown in Indonesia was struck.
He spent three weeks stranded on a beach, before being discovered alive - and reunited with his dad and great grandmother.
He now has a family of his own - but, speaking through an interpreter - he says he can never forget that day:

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