15 years since the Boxing Day disaster, hope Thailand, others can find closure

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Hundreds of Thai tsunami victims yet to be identified, 15 years on

PHANGNGA: Fifteen years after the Indian Ocean tsunami killed more than 230,000 people on Boxing Day, 2004, a cargo container at a police station in the southern province bears witness to the hundreds of victims whose remains were never identified.

Inside are personal items — wallets, documents, electronics, all bagged and labeled as evidence — that police hope might one day help to give a name and a proper resting place to those buried nearby in graves marked only by numbers.

"There are still more relatives of the victims, both near and far, that have hopes of finding their lost loved ones," said Pol Col Khemmarin Hassini, the deputy police commander at Takua Pa police station in Takua Pa district, one of the areas hardest hit

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December 26, 2019 in Indonesia. These guys were hit especially hard with 170k deaths out of the 230k:


"No words can describe our feelings": Memorials mark 15 years since tsunami killed 230,000

Thousands of people knelt in prayer in Indonesia's Aceh province at ceremonies Thursday marking the 15th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, one of modern history's worst natural disasters.