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Tsunami documentary

i caught the repeat showing of the channel 4 documentary of the 2004 indian ocean tsunami. lucky as its the natural disaster we decided to focus on more specifically. it was amazingly detailed and extremely graphic. it focused on the impact the tsunami had on not only the areas that it hit, but more specifically, the people that were filming the entire thing with video cameras as they were caught up in the chaos. on particular story that really got to me was that of the Breisch family. taking a family vacation that ultimatly turned into a nightmare as two of the children in the family were washed away from their bungalow. Jai, who was 16 at the time, was thrown out of the holiday home along with his sister Kali, who was 15. after the devistation, Jai ended up in hospital after being rescued. unfortunatly after her family spent days looking for Kali, her picture was recognised by her sister on the wall of a local morgue surrounded by the hundreds of other pictures of those whos lives were taken by the tsunami. the moment was even captured by a film crew for Good Morning America and is also featured in the documentary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6E-GG8z8-Y