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Barbara Davidson The Dallas Morning News "WAVE OF DESTRUCTION"


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A toy horn is little that remains for R.H. Shanaka as he plays on what used to be the front doorstep to his house. Below him is where eight small houses stood and where 14 extended family members perished. The tsunami destroyed many lives in this small fishing village in Southern Sri Lanka.

The tsunami destroyed countless lives, left even more homeless. Galle a small fishing village in Southern Sri Lanka is no exception. 14 people from a single extended family were killed; children lost their limbs, mothers and homes. Yet they have to try surviving in this purgatory of destruction, struggling to keep the nightmare of the next wave out of their dreams.

 

 

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