‘We saw bodies in the water. My house had been swept absent. I had lost my wife and my son and I didn’t know what to do’ That morning I was playing soccer with my friends. We ran domestic after the strong earthquake and after that I heard a really loud noise,like an aeroplane. When I looked at the sea I saw something I had never seen before and I was terrified. My family rushed into our minivan but the road was full with everyone trying to escape. The black wave hit our minivan, turning us over several times before I blacked out. When I regained consciousness I was in the water. Holding on to a school chair, and I floated until I landed on a beach. I had no conception where I was and I was so hungry and thirsty. There were bodies and debris everywhere. Under a mangrove tree I saw a mattress had washed up and I started searching for packets of noodles and bottles of water,collecting them around my mattress. After five days I didn’t have any water or food left. I survived there by myself until day 20. That’s when I saw people coming to collect the bodies. They rescued me and took me to Fakinah hospital where I found my father. He told me my mother and sister had died in the tsunami.
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Source: theguardian.com