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2004 tsunami

A rose is lit by a candle as survivors, local residents and visitors gather for a ceremony for victims of the 2004 tsunami in Ban Nam Khem, a fishing village destroyed by the wave. Survivors of Asia's 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims crie

Survivors will never forget the day the tsunami hit

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Dr. Vinya Shanthidas Ariyaratne survived the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka. But even a decade later, the waves that killed thousands the day after Christmas are always on his mind.

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