I was holidaying on Phi Phi island with my then boyfriend in December 2004. We planned to stay there over the whole Christmas time. I remember walking through the chilled out village one evening and saying to my boyfriend “if anything happened here, no one would be prepared”. I actually said that and weirdly remember saying it. I think I said it because there had been some unrest in Malaysia around that time and I had the close proximity on my mind. We had booked two different accommodation. The first week we spent in a lovely place up on high ground with a fabulous view of the island before moving down to a hotel in the village. We had a ground floor room. My boyfriend’s brother lived in Bangkok and last minute we decided it would be nice to actually spend Christmas Day with him and so spontaneously we left the island on Christmas Eve and caught a boat to the mainland. I was sad to leave the slow pace of beautiful Phi Phi with our daily beach hut massages but knew it would be great to see my partners brother at Christmas. When we got to Phuket we were shocked to realise that we had forgotten to collect our passports from the hotel reception back on Phi Phi! We were discussing what to do, probably a bit annoyed with one another and saying the only option was to go all the way back knowing we wouldn’t be able to make our booked flight to Bangkok and wouldn’t have accommodation on Phi Phi anymore as we’d given it up in a very busy period. We were arguing and then suddenly a Thai man appeared out of nowhere and said he had a boat and if we paid him he would go back to Phi Phi to fetch our passports. We agreed and nervously awaited his return for hours. How did we know we could trust him? Could he steal our passports? I remember watching the fresh holiday makers boarding the last boat to Phi Phi and thinking how much they will love the island. I particularly remember a French family with young children. After what felt like forever to our relief the man arrived back with our passports and we made our flight to Bangkok. Little did we know he quite possibly saved our lives. I do often wonder if he was an Angel. On Boxing Day we were in a market in Bangkok with my boyfriend’s brother. I was looking at a jewellery stall and the brothers phone rang. “ Oh no” he said, “There’s been a wave”. I often think of the French family I chatted to and also of the ‘sliding doors’ phenomenon. The fact we left when we did, the mistake we made that could have caused us to return and then how our saviour appeared in front of us. As if by magic. I am forever grateful. My heart goes out to everyone who were affected in this awful tragedy. I haven’t been able to watch the film. Sending love ❤️
Not just that, when the sea start to go out far away or start to rise slowly until it start to flood the place where it shouldn't you know it's time to run to higher ground.
I appreciate that this is genuine real footage. With AI coming on we could lose some of the original memories of this. I remember the day vividly, nearly 20 years now, I wasn't there but I remember exactly where I was and who I was with.
I've been to Thailand many times since 2004, it's so hard to believe that the beautiful, magical place experienced such devastation. In 2015 we were actually sitting at a bar on the beach, I think on the other side to where your video starts from and a lady ran past saying "did you feel that did you feel that", then a Thai man ran up to us shouting "tsunami" so we ran as fast as we could up towards the view point. It really kicked in when you saw the locals all heading the same way, fear in their eyes. I guess many of them were there on that fateful day in 2004 and fight mode kicked in for them. There was a Quake but it transpired it was relatively small but the effects from years before were clear to see on the locals faces. There were three of us in our party and I remember we could not locate a friend of ours, we spent about 10 mins looking for him but people were running for the hills so we made our way and he was already up there. As I say, thankfully a false alarm and after a few hours we came back down. I can only imagine what you went through that day.
The most unexplained experience in my life.Around 2003 I won a lottery 1 week vacation on a timeshare hotel resort from my director on a christmas table with my colleagues.I opted Thailand on 26 December 2.004 and a hotel in Bangkok.During that time my director was in Khao Lak.When I arrived around 10 in the morning the tsunami hit and sadly watched the news on tv in my room.Director passed away with her mother as they were missing for days.
This video is most real because they were very close to death but still filming.I can feel how much they afraid when u see water still coming at second story of building
A part of my family was there. Three of them ran into the mountains and two hid behind a house, that collapsed. One of them was saved by his backpack that got stuck in a tree, and my grandmothers sister and her husband died. RIP
Thanks for sharing this. I was there in 2002 and was thinking of returning in 2004, just a month before the tsunami. I was really shocked and saddened to see it on the news. I'm glad you were okay!
My hotel is close to this one, as I passed by , I realised this is the hotel from the videos, I walked inside and saw the stairs and the railing in the same colors as 2004, and the pool with the round fountain which is much bigger in real, and I kew it was covered by water when tsunami came. That place still have a very strange atmosphere.
Så fruktansvärt.. Jag skulle följt med min kompis till Khao Lak den julen. Jag fick inte eller kunde inte av min mamma, så fick stanna hemma. Min fina vän kom tyvärr hem i kista. Det är så sjukt! Tack för att ni delade med er 🙏
the crazy thing about this is that the water recedes then people thought it was over and the 2nd wave just came and boom 😭😭 so sad 200,000+ people gone.
I’m at a little hotel near the viewpoint looking down onto the town right now after watching your video. Pretty choked up looking down and imagining what happened here.
Hi im from phi phi island my family born here, that time i just was baby 6 months My family tell me about tsunami story so i wanna know how is happened Thank you for take this video
Tror att ni sprang upp i samma hotell som min Mama pappa och lillasyster som också skulle ut med båt den morgonen. Jag var dock hemma i Sverige. Känslosamt att se detta
Most dangerous thing is when tsunami water return back to the sea .Because u have only few minutes to have to hold any tree or like that otherwise u reach in middle of ocean and no hope for survival there
I kind of felt like it too. Watching people 10 meters away who can't move casue they are standing in water up to their waists. Thanks for your thoughts Arissa.
I got there a few months after and we built a memorial garden for the dead. I believe it has been moved since but we spent a good few days moving the top soil etc and making it look nice.
Hard to believe it’s been 15 years. I’m coincidentally reading “let not the waves of the sea” A true story of a Scottish man who lost his brother and brothers girlfriend. Very sad. May all those who perished and their loved ones be at peace.
I hope my friends that live on Phi Phi survived. The old couple that gave deep tissue massages, My friend who warned me about all of the venomous Gnu that were all over the island, the lady that braided my hair and all of the beautiful Thai people that I met.
The man is nervous at the very beginning of the tsunami. let's count the minutes...2-3 minutes before the arrival of a 5-meter wave from the other side. Then dozens of people died, everything shifted and the slam of the wave on the corner of the building was so noticeable due to the bass sound, as if it was a ship meeting a wave with its nose. The gods keep Sarah and her husband to show us how scary it really is and we need to run away as soon as the water began to behave strangely. Run away-upstairs.
This is crazy, it starts with them on the ground floor not really rushing much. They thought it wouldn't be that bad and were fortunate they finally decided to start going up the stairs...
I am here because I remember that day very well even though I was 16 years old and I was watching it from the safety of my home in Europe. I don't know how old are you but those of us who were old enough to understand what was happening, don't need the reminder of a movie to be here. We cannot forget the day that those waves effected the entire world.
Guilty - first time I've wathced it. Though I was on Phi Phi in 2002. Remember feeling a tremor at the time. Narrowly missed 2002 Bali bombing by 1 day. I remember a girl who survived Bali bombing only to get eaten by a crocodile in Australia just a couple of weeks later. Sometimes life. Come to think of it I just missed the 2002 SARS outbreak as well.
Thank you very much for uploading again. I will use your film in my highschool geographyclass, to give the students a feeling of the timeline of the tsunami. Kind regards Lotte, Campus Vejle, Denmark.
Takk for filmen! Jeg og min familie skulle være der når dette skjedde. Heldigvis mente far vi ikke hadde nok penger og vi kansellerte turen. Helt utrolig trist :'(
Αυτό το βίντεο ας γίνει επιτέλους παραδυγμα τί πραγματικά είμαστε στο τέρας που λέγεται φύση χωρίς τελεια και παύλα και προπαντός περιστροφές γενικός και αόριστος τά συμπεράσματα δικά σας τέλος αγαπητοί μου φίλοι τέλος,,,,,❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
photographylovergr Yes, I’ve been back two times. One year after the Tsunami and last year as Well. For me, Phi Phi has unfortunately lost its charm in many perspectives. I fell in love with the island in 2001 but not so sure I’ll be back again, way too crowded now. Nightmares, well sometimes. A few times a year I dream about water or floodings. Take Care.
@@kallewidelius9395 can imagine.. and yes: I am at the Moment at phi phi.. I've the Impressionen that all the influencers and Instagram guys have overflooded the island
Kalle Widelius i was there in 2018 feb just before maya bay was closed. We are still in love with the island.. was not soo crowded when I was there.. maybe lucky. I love this island so much, hope I will be there again. I think you have lived the ultimate adventure. Nice but also some sad memories.
The first appearance occurs at 2:10 (center of frame). The second appearance occurs at 3:20 as it is toppling (center of frame). Honestly, I think it was a monument or statue because it remained motionless in both appearances. *_TRUST !!_*
6:37 is that a doll or a baby laying on the beach? This was so incredibly sad. I was there a little bit later but i don't remember to much because i was very very young at the time.
A keen awareness of your surroundings and understanding the warning signs. Many tourists and even locals (as can be seen in other videos more clearly) took the water going out to be just a quirky thing and not the serious signal that something was coming. My family lived for a long time in sea towns and the saying was "if the water runs out, you run up"... simply meaning if the ocean rolls out unexpected to get your ass to the highest ground you can get to immediately. Who knows how many lives might've been spared that day had more people (across the entire Indian Ocean) recognized the warning sign. But I'll say this, there's little room for ignorance any more. Tsunamis WILL happen, just a matter of when and where. We've had two major ones in the last 20 years and both have tons of footage available for the world to digest (Indian Ocean in '04 and Japan in 2011). Maybe more will recognize warning signs, better detection equipment, better coverage with sirens etc will all help in at least minimizing the catastrophe as much as possible when it does happen again.
Because it never happen in Thailand before, so at that moment we didn’t know how to do and as you notice there wasn’t a warning sign or alam for tsunami sth like that around 😔😔 we lost so much at that time
The current Finnish president was there when the tsunami hit and he said he was hanging from a electric pole for the whole time and survived the disaster.
What I know about Finland: An air bridge was organized from Helsinki to Phuket, to evacuate Finnish travelers (also other Nordics), without any strict formalities. The priority was to get people out quickly. One Finnair plane was refitted to a 'clinic', some victims were operated in the air. Totally 179 Finns died, several hundreds injured.
All of that was lost of course in the Tsunami, but the authorities made provisional passports which worked for one single trip back to your home country. Our flights was found in the airlines system, so that wasn't any problem. In our case, we travelled up to Bangkok to the Swedish embassy and got some money to buy food and a set of clothes before flying home.
You were very fortunate,I went to Japan after their Tsunami to help friends recover stuff....i remember a colleague of mine saying how some parts of the Indonesian Tsunami had wave height's of 100ft or more..Glad your safe and the Music was a nice touch and the end(always liked Enya).
😢😥😟😰 en menos de un mes se cumplirán 20 años ‼️ Qué rápido pasa el tiempo, pero seguro que el triste recuerdo de esta tragedia nunca pasará al olvido para quienes la vivieron.
Har kollat på denna flera gånger! Antar vågen kom från andra kustremsan bakifrån? Man hör en dov smäll och ett kraftigt brak när ni är i trapporna på väg upp där du filmar ut, är det själva vågen som slår in eller vad är det?
I was holidaying on Phi Phi island with my then boyfriend in December 2004. We planned to stay there over the whole Christmas time. I remember walking through the chilled out village one evening and saying to my boyfriend “if anything happened here, no one would be prepared”. I actually said that and weirdly remember saying it. I think I said it because there had been some unrest in Malaysia around that time and I had the close proximity on my mind. We had booked two different accommodation. The first week we spent in a lovely place up on high ground with a fabulous view of the island before moving down to a hotel in the village. We had a ground floor room. My boyfriend’s brother lived in Bangkok and last minute we decided it would be nice to actually spend Christmas Day with him and so spontaneously we left the island on Christmas Eve and caught a boat to the mainland. I was sad to leave the slow pace of beautiful Phi Phi with our daily beach hut massages but knew it would be great to see my partners brother at Christmas.
When we got to Phuket we were shocked to realise that we had forgotten to collect our passports from the hotel reception back on Phi Phi! We were discussing what to do, probably a bit annoyed with one another and saying the only option was to go all the way back knowing we wouldn’t be able to make our booked flight to Bangkok and wouldn’t have accommodation on Phi Phi anymore as we’d given it up in a very busy period. We were arguing and then suddenly a Thai man appeared out of nowhere and said he had a boat and if we paid him he would go back to Phi Phi to fetch our passports.
We agreed and nervously awaited his return for hours. How did we know we could trust him? Could he steal our passports? I remember watching the fresh holiday makers boarding the last boat to Phi Phi and thinking how much they will love the island. I particularly remember a French family with young children. After what felt like forever to our relief the man arrived back with our passports and we made our flight to Bangkok. Little did we know he quite possibly saved our lives. I do often wonder if he was an Angel.
On Boxing Day we were in a market in Bangkok with my boyfriend’s brother. I was looking at a jewellery stall and the brothers phone rang. “ Oh no” he said, “There’s been a wave”.
I often think of the French family I chatted to and also of the ‘sliding doors’ phenomenon. The fact we left when we did, the mistake we made that could have caused us to return and then how our saviour appeared in front of us. As if by magic. I am forever grateful.
My heart goes out to everyone who were affected in this awful tragedy. I haven’t been able to watch the film.
Sending love ❤️
When the locals are running you know its serious.
Tsunami never happens in Thailand but it did because of Indonesia
If I see locals runing nah ima start running cuz udk what it could be and it might save ur life
Top 10 Xxx
Fab word
Not just that, when the sea start to go out far away or start to rise slowly until it start to flood the place where it shouldn't you know it's time to run to higher ground.
I get goosebumps every time I see videos of Thailand's Tsunami2004, no matter how long the tragedy has passed.
Yeah I feel the same looking at Indonesia and Sri Lanka and India. :(
I appreciate that this is genuine real footage. With AI coming on we could lose some of the original memories of this. I remember the day vividly, nearly 20 years now, I wasn't there but I remember exactly where I was and who I was with.
I've been to Thailand many times since 2004, it's so hard to believe that the beautiful, magical place experienced such devastation. In 2015 we were actually sitting at a bar on the beach, I think on the other side to where your video starts from and a lady ran past saying "did you feel that did you feel that", then a Thai man ran up to us shouting "tsunami" so we ran as fast as we could up towards the view point. It really kicked in when you saw the locals all heading the same way, fear in their eyes. I guess many of them were there on that fateful day in 2004 and fight mode kicked in for them. There was a Quake but it transpired it was relatively small but the effects from years before were clear to see on the locals faces. There were three of us in our party and I remember we could not locate a friend of ours, we spent about 10 mins looking for him but people were running for the hills so we made our way and he was already up there. As I say, thankfully a false alarm and after a few hours we came back down. I can only imagine what you went through that day.
Muita destruição😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
I was there in December 2015.
The most unexplained experience in my life.Around 2003 I won a lottery 1 week vacation on a timeshare hotel resort from my director on a christmas table with my colleagues.I opted Thailand on 26 December 2.004 and a hotel in Bangkok.During that time my director was in Khao Lak.When I arrived around 10 in the morning the tsunami hit and sadly watched the news on tv in my room.Director passed away with her mother as they were missing for days.
Wow
😢
Did u ever return to Thailand?
It’s incredible that you caught this on film. Wow…
This video is most real because they were very close to death but still filming.I can feel how much they afraid when u see water still coming at second story of building
A part of my family was there. Three of them ran into the mountains and two hid behind a house, that collapsed. One of them was saved by his backpack that got stuck in a tree, and my grandmothers sister and her husband died. RIP
Sad to hear that
Rip
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Thank you for sharing, I knew someone who passed away at Phi Phi. So long ago yet like so many, never forgotten.
Thanks for sharing this. I was there in 2002 and was thinking of returning in 2004, just a month before the tsunami. I was really shocked and saddened to see it on the news. I'm glad you were okay!
Holy cow. To think you were happily on the beach just a few minutes prior... Happened so fast. Tack så mycket för videon.
My hotel is close to this one, as I passed by , I realised this is the hotel from the videos, I walked inside and saw the stairs and the railing in the same colors as 2004, and the pool with the round fountain which is much bigger in real, and I kew it was covered by water when tsunami came. That place still have a very strange atmosphere.
Så fruktansvärt.. Jag skulle följt med min kompis till Khao Lak den julen. Jag fick inte eller kunde inte av min mamma, så fick stanna hemma. Min fina vän kom tyvärr hem i kista. Det är så sjukt! Tack för att ni delade med er 🙏
Lessen att höra det 😪
R.I.P ❤
@@gotlandstjej 🙏🏽❤️😔
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I think this is one of the best tsunami footage
the crazy thing about this is that the water recedes then people thought it was over and the 2nd wave just came and boom 😭😭 so sad 200,000+ people gone.
We stayed in that hotel in 2011, had a great time. Crazy to see what they went through just a few years earlier.
Was it Cabana?
@@efimiliotou7089 Phi Phi Cabana Hotel
I am watching this while I am on THIS beach WHY
Joy Tje i just visited it a couple days ago
I'm doing the same. I'm at phi phi and came across the before and after tsunami photos at some view points. So got intrigued and watched the video.
Me too! xD
I know if fricking scary
A lot of people died on that beach. Creeped me out.
I’m at a little hotel near the viewpoint looking down onto the town right now after watching your video. Pretty choked up looking down and imagining what happened here.
My heart is just pounding watching this! I can't even imagine the terror of being in something like this!
Hi im from phi phi island my family born here, that time i just was baby 6 months
My family tell me about tsunami story so i wanna know how is happened
Thank you for take this video
Tror att ni sprang upp i samma hotell som min Mama pappa och lillasyster som också skulle ut med båt den morgonen. Jag var dock hemma i Sverige. Känslosamt att se detta
15 years today😪
Me and my new wife Louise Harrand were there - swept away in the water but both survived.
Its amazing how the Palm trees hold ground despite of so much force hitting them.
trees are very strong, thats why its adviced to climb them if or when something like this happens
Most dangerous thing is when tsunami water return back to the sea .Because u have only few minutes to have to hold any tree or like that otherwise u reach in middle of ocean and no hope for survival there
When the lobby was filled with water, ugh! Feels like watching Titanic.
I kind of felt like it too. Watching people 10 meters away who can't move casue they are standing in water up to their waists. Thanks for your thoughts Arissa.
Ya same.
I got there a few months after and we built a memorial garden for the dead. I believe it has been moved since but we spent a good few days moving the top soil etc and making it look nice.
Hard to believe it’s been 15 years. I’m coincidentally reading “let not the waves of the sea” A true story of a Scottish man who lost his brother and brothers girlfriend. Very sad.
May all those who perished and their loved ones be at peace.
Vi är i Khao Lak nu och på Phi phi förra veckan.. Tankarna blir mer påtagliga på vad ni fick uppleva Kalle!
M. STRIDH här fyi
I hope my friends that live on Phi Phi survived. The old couple that gave deep tissue massages, My friend who warned me about all of the venomous Gnu that were all over the island, the lady that braided my hair and all of the beautiful Thai people that I met.
น่ากลัวมากกกกก มันเกิดขึ้นเร็วมากจนคนตั้งตัวกันไม่ทัน เพียงแค่ไม่ถึง 10นาที คลื่นมันดันเข้ามาสูงท่วมตึก คนถึงตายกันเยอะมากเพราะตกใจ หนีไม่ทัน และมันมาเร็วมาก เขว่ามันมาเป็นระลอก รอบที่3คือมันซัดเข้ามาเหมือนโดนทิ้งระเบิด ตึก5ชั้นก็พัง พบนักท่องเที่ยวเสียชีวิตคาห้องพักก็เยอะมาก เกิดมาในชีวิตไม่เคยเจออะไรที่จะน่ากลัวได้ขนาดนี้อีกแล้ว
I keep seeing that little doggie on no leash. I hope to god he was brought upstairs. 😢 Idk why but I always get worried for the animals! 🐾
That boat was in a rush to leave - a fatal mistake
Feels like yesterday but already so long ago. What absolute devastation that was all over the region
The man is nervous at the very beginning of the tsunami. let's count the minutes...2-3 minutes before the arrival of a 5-meter wave from the other side. Then dozens of people died, everything shifted and the slam of the wave on the corner of the building was so noticeable due to the bass sound, as if it was a ship meeting a wave with its nose. The gods keep Sarah and her husband to show us how scary it really is and we need to run away as soon as the water began to behave strangely. Run away-upstairs.
This is crazy, it starts with them on the ground floor not really rushing much. They thought it wouldn't be that bad and were fortunate they finally decided to start going up the stairs...
Who’s here after watching “Impossible” on Netflix
Me
I’m watching it now lol
I am here because I remember that day very well even though I was 16 years old and I was watching it from the safety of my home in Europe. I don't know how old are you but those of us who were old enough to understand what was happening, don't need the reminder of a movie to be here. We cannot forget the day that those waves effected the entire world.
Guilty - first time I've wathced it. Though I was on Phi Phi in 2002. Remember feeling a tremor at the time. Narrowly missed 2002 Bali bombing by 1 day. I remember a girl who survived Bali bombing only to get eaten by a crocodile in Australia just a couple of weeks later. Sometimes life. Come to think of it I just missed the 2002 SARS outbreak as well.
Yeah
Thank you very much for uploading again. I will use your film in my highschool geographyclass, to give the students a feeling of the timeline of the tsunami. Kind regards Lotte, Campus Vejle, Denmark.
Good luck Lotte! I'll be going back to Thailand next week, and hopefully a day at Phi Phi as well...
Happy to help for any education purpose Lotte.
@@kallewidelius9395 Är det något som klippts bort? Typ den/de som höll sig fast i palmerna?
Takk for filmen!
Jeg og min familie skulle være der når dette skjedde. Heldigvis mente far vi ikke hadde nok penger og vi kansellerte turen. Helt utrolig trist :'(
Αυτό το βίντεο ας γίνει επιτέλους παραδυγμα τί πραγματικά είμαστε στο τέρας που λέγεται φύση χωρίς τελεια και παύλα και προπαντός περιστροφές γενικός και αόριστος τά συμπεράσματα δικά σας τέλος αγαπητοί μου φίλοι τέλος,,,,,❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
So lucky there was a two story building there
250,000 died across Asia. RIP. Best wishes from England.
Rest In Peace Mieszko Andrzej Talarczyk ! RIP all of this tragedy that schocked the world.
Mycket bisarrt, det går skrämmande fort!
To the uploader: Since it's been 14 years, do you ever get nightmares about that day? And have you been back since?
photographylovergr Yes, I’ve been back two times. One year after the Tsunami and last year as Well. For me, Phi Phi has unfortunately lost its charm in many perspectives. I fell in love with the island in 2001 but not so sure I’ll be back again, way too crowded now.
Nightmares, well sometimes. A few
times a year I dream about water or floodings. Take Care.
@@kallewidelius9395 can imagine.. and yes: I am at the Moment at phi phi.. I've the Impressionen that all the influencers and Instagram guys have overflooded the island
Kalle Widelius i was there in 2018 feb just before maya bay was closed. We are still in love with the island.. was not soo crowded when I was there.. maybe lucky. I love this island so much, hope I will be there again. I think you have lived the ultimate adventure. Nice but also some sad memories.
It is way better now again because of covid. Not many people here
This is awful to watch. I was just there and I can't even imagine this happening.
Beautiful place, and scary at the same time
Same thought
2:20, somebody is afar, in the water, struggling to go through. I hope they survived 🙏
Brilliant post
تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا لَا يُرَىٰ إِلَّا مَسَاكِنُهُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْقَوْمَ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
Это наказание всевышнего за грехи людей.
3:19 was that a person standing out in the water? From the way it falls into the surging water, it looks like a statue. Very eerie, either way.
Omg yes
The first appearance occurs at 2:10 (center of frame).
The second appearance occurs at 3:20 as it is toppling (center of frame).
Honestly, I think it was a monument or statue because it remained motionless in both appearances.
*_TRUST !!_*
I came for this comment, and I hope it was a statue.
the height of this tsunami in phi phi is not really high like some place in aceh but still the energy of this tsunami is very powerfull.
The second wave which came from the other bay., had a height of around 6 meters.
Not high . I think around 5-6 m. but power very Strong!!
Fantastic tube vid
Very Cool post
People: living, working, on holiday
Indian Ocean: I have an itch, let me stretch a little more
..😱😭💀💀💀
If you think there's something wrong with your life, just look at that guy at 3:17
That’s a statue
Iam there right now ❤ to see what can happen with this beautiful place is very sad 😢
Rest In Peace, Troy Broadbridge.
I have been there this year in February.. it's looking very nice but less trees and plants.😔
Efter bilderna var fina.
6:37 is that a doll or a baby laying on the beach? This was so incredibly sad. I was there a little bit later but i don't remember to much because i was very very young at the time.
It's a cat.
На 6:37 кошечка утонула 😢😢😢
incredible !!!!
How do you even get your head around this when it's happening?
Those that did would survive and those that could not.......well a lot of them did not survive.
To be honest, no idea. Mostly luck.
A keen awareness of your surroundings and understanding the warning signs. Many tourists and even locals (as can be seen in other videos more clearly) took the water going out to be just a quirky thing and not the serious signal that something was coming. My family lived for a long time in sea towns and the saying was "if the water runs out, you run up"... simply meaning if the ocean rolls out unexpected to get your ass to the highest ground you can get to immediately. Who knows how many lives might've been spared that day had more people (across the entire Indian Ocean) recognized the warning sign.
But I'll say this, there's little room for ignorance any more. Tsunamis WILL happen, just a matter of when and where. We've had two major ones in the last 20 years and both have tons of footage available for the world to digest (Indian Ocean in '04 and Japan in 2011). Maybe more will recognize warning signs, better detection equipment, better coverage with sirens etc will all help in at least minimizing the catastrophe as much as possible when it does happen again.
Jon Dishmon Music and STUFF!! My friend didn't.
Does anyone know what Enya song that is?
omg the dead cat at 6:37 :(
Who in 2021????.
lyssnade på poden mellan himmel och jord. de intervjuade en tjej som var på phi phi och överlevde. mycket värd att lyssna på
Mother Earth 😢❤
omg!!! look at 3:17 the person getting caught in the water!😵
It's a statue. It is in the minute 2:10
Kan vara den främsta dokumentation av en tsunami som har gjorts.
Kom att tänka på denna när jag såg vattnets framfart i Spanien idag.
Io questo inverno sono stata proprio in quell’hotel che brividi
such a helpless feeling
Greetings from Laemtong beach on phi phi Northern part 20 years later
1:44 noooo dog :(
Btw a quarter of a million people also died, but yeah boohoo rip the dog
The Woody
Lmao
I'm was there in phi phi island in 2004 December but I'm thanks God safe from the Tsunami
Because it never happen in Thailand before, so at that moment we didn’t know how to do and as you notice there wasn’t a warning sign or alam for tsunami sth like that around 😔😔 we lost so much at that time
Cant believe people didnt realise what a receding ocean was about !
I was in Phi phi 6 months back and kept wondering what would the people would have done @ tsunami
My parents went same year but in February and I’m pretty sure this was in December so I’m very lucky they didn’t go then
That poor soul at 3.20!
Its a statue
Where can I find the original tape??
Gabriel Córdova - You can email me at kallewidelius@gmail.com
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Kalle Widelius I send you a mail right now. Thank you
Oh no phi phi island I been to phi phi island a lot of times
The current Finnish president was there when the tsunami hit and he said he was hanging from a electric pole for the whole time and survived the disaster.
Sale sano 2005 olleensa palmussa
i always wonder, how does everyone get back home once they lose all their identification, cards, money and papers? do you just have to die in place?
You go to the nearest consulate office or embassy.
What I know about Finland: An air bridge was organized from Helsinki to Phuket, to evacuate Finnish travelers (also other Nordics), without any strict formalities. The priority was to get people out quickly. One Finnair plane was refitted to a 'clinic', some victims were operated in the air. Totally 179 Finns died, several hundreds injured.
All of that was lost of course in the Tsunami, but the authorities made provisional passports which worked for one single trip back to your home country. Our flights was found in the airlines system, so that wasn't any problem. In our case, we travelled up to Bangkok to the Swedish embassy and got some money to buy food and a set of clothes before flying home.
You were very fortunate,I went to Japan after their Tsunami to help friends recover stuff....i remember a colleague of mine saying how some parts of the Indonesian Tsunami had wave height's of 100ft or more..Glad your safe and the Music was a nice touch and the end(always liked Enya).
No one knows their luck!
sorry for this loss
El animalito del 1:44, se salvaría?
มิตรทรายแท้พีพี🎉❤ไทย
What is the name of the last music? Answer please🙏
Enya - Athair Ar Neamh
Tsunami really doesnt look scary until it reaches the shore
"DET HÄR ÄR HELT JÄVLA BISARRT!" yes... it is very fucking bizzare. Back then people didn't really know about this kind of thing.
- Vad har hänt?
- När hände det?
- Var någonstans?
- Vem Vilka är inblandade?
- Hur gick det till?
- Vad hände sedan?
Lol
Rest in Peace
I really hope somebody saved that little dog
Very Cool tube video
😢😥😟😰 en menos de un mes se cumplirán 20 años ‼️ Qué rápido pasa el tiempo, pero seguro que el triste recuerdo de esta tragedia nunca pasará al olvido para quienes la vivieron.
Boa noite muito desesperador vê tudo isso de perto tô aqui em São Paulo no Brasil assistindo vc parabéns pelo vídeo
Vilka tider 😱😱😱 jag minns detta 😥😥😥
Har kollat på denna flera gånger! Antar vågen kom från andra kustremsan bakifrån? Man hör en dov smäll och ett kraftigt brak när ni är i trapporna på väg upp där du filmar ut, är det själva vågen som slår in eller vad är det?
Hi Kalle Widelius
. May i know the name of song at the end of clip? Thank you