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| Remembering the tsunami disaster, 10 years later | Remembering the tsunami disaster, 10 years later |
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| Swimming in the waters off Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004, Michael Dobbs thought the day couldn’t get any better. | Swimming in the waters off Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004, Michael Dobbs thought the day couldn’t get any better. |
| “It was the most idyllic, peaceful day that you could imagine,” Dobbs said. | “It was the most idyllic, peaceful day that you could imagine,” Dobbs said. |
| The former Washington Post reporter and his family were vacationing on Taprobane, the private island that his brother, hotelier Geoffrey Dobbs, purchased in the mid-1990s. | The former Washington Post reporter and his family were vacationing on Taprobane, the private island that his brother, hotelier Geoffrey Dobbs, purchased in the mid-1990s. |
| “I was a quarter way around the island when I heard my brother shouting at me, ‘Come back! Come back!’” Dobbs wrote at the time. Something strange was happening to the sea; the waters were rising all around. | “I was a quarter way around the island when I heard my brother shouting at me, ‘Come back! Come back!’” Dobbs wrote at the time. Something strange was happening to the sea; the waters were rising all around. |
| The tsunami that reduced Banda Aceh, Indonesia to its very foundations had raced more than 1,300 miles across the Indian Ocean in two hours’ time. It was now upon the Dobbs brothers and the fishing villages of southern Sri Lanka. | |
| According to the United States Geological Service, the combined disasters killed nearly 228,000 people in 14 countries. The estimated 9.1 magnitude earthquake was the third largest since 1900. In Sri Lanka, more than 35,000 people were killed. | According to the United States Geological Service, the combined disasters killed nearly 228,000 people in 14 countries. The estimated 9.1 magnitude earthquake was the third largest since 1900. In Sri Lanka, more than 35,000 people were killed. |
| On the 10th anniversary of the disaster, Dobbs speaks with PostTV about the events that unfolded on the morning after Christmas. | On the 10th anniversary of the disaster, Dobbs speaks with PostTV about the events that unfolded on the morning after Christmas. |