A Day of Remembrance: Ceremonies and Memorials The morning of December twenty-sixth, two thousand and four, remains etched in the collective memory of Asia as a day of unimaginable devastation. A massive undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered a series of colossal tsunami waves that crashed upon the shores of fourteen countries,…
Introduction The turquoise waters, once a source of life and livelihood, turned into a raging nightmare on December twenty-sixth, two thousand and four. The Boxing Day tsunami, triggered by a massive undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, unleashed a catastrophe of unimaginable scale across the Indian Ocean. Coastal communities in fourteen countries were…
The wave surged with an unimaginable force, a churning wall of water that swallowed coastlines whole. Images seared into global memory depict scenes of utter devastation: uprooted trees, shattered buildings, and the desperate cries of those searching for loved ones. The Indian Ocean Tsunami of December twenty-sixth, two thousand and four, was not just a…
