Amateur video of destruction in Galle, Sri Lanka caused by Indian Ocean tsunami

One of the worst hit areas was my home city Galle, the capital of Southern Srilanka. The water came from two sides to Galle town giving no chance for many people who were going about their daily life on that faithful Sunday 26th Dec 2004 ( boxing day ) . In my sitting room in Ashford in Kent, England, I watched with my wife Ruvini and my three children open mouthed and in utter disbelief the pictures of devastation in Galle, beamed to the whole world by BBC. Four girls were hanging on to the roof of a shelter at Galle main bus station against the powerful waves sweeping through the whole town. The world watched in horror their struggle to stay off the inevitable and cried their hearts out when all the girls were swept away to their de..hs in front of our eyes. . We could not believe what had just happened in my home town. It was sheer d..th and destruction everywhere.

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