Surviving Boxing Day tsunami gave me a 2nd chance

'Surviving the Boxing Day tsunami gave me a second chance'
"The tsunami was the catalyst for me finding my purpose, that second chance I got," she said. The 53-year-old has now written a memoir about her experiences of the tsunami and life afterwards, including being diagnosed with stage four cancer, and hopes it will inspire others.
'Boxing Day Tsunami 20 years ago today saw me lose my two sons and fiancé in an instant'
Sharon Howard has returned to Thailand to mark the 20th anniversary of losing her six-year-old son Taylor, his eight-year-old brother Mason and fiancé, David Page, 44
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
Surviving the Boxing Day tsunami: 'I was like a grain of rice in a washing machine'
It was an unforgettable Christmas Day for Londoner Ani Naqvi in 2004. She’d gone to Sri Lanka to spend the holiday with her best friend who had just opened the Galaxy Lounge Guesthouse in Arugam Bay and they spent the 25th eating,
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'
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,
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 ...
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: 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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...