Indonesians mark two decades since catastrophic tsunami
Millennium Post Kolkata|Kolkata 22December2024
The tragic tsunami in December 2004 killed around 230,000 people across a dozen countries, reaching as far as East Africa

BANDA ACEH (INDONESIA): Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves.

Asnani, now a school teacher, was only 17 at the time. Her father, who was a fisherman, never returned home from sea. She doesn't know how she survived. "I cannot swim. I could only rely on dhikr (Islamic prayer)."

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