Today we commemorate the Asian Tsunami that struck south Asia and India exactly one year from today. Atleast 200,000 people mostly from Aceh, Indonesia died on that faithful day. A total of seven Filipinos also died, almost all from Thailand coast.

My prayers goes to all those people.

Excerpt from CNN.com on the story:

PHUKET, Thailand (AP) -- They came to frolic in the sun and surf, survived a hellish ordeal and now have returned to remember and feel as close as possible to those they lost to the Indian Ocean tsunami a year ago.

"I never thought I would come back. Every day I would cry," said Sharon Kelly, 49, whose husband pushed her on to a wall to escape a mammoth wave that rushed ashore at Patong Beach, in the Thai resort of Phuket a year ago Monday.

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Created: Monday, December 26, 2005

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