A decade on, personal possessions of 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami victims remain

Dec 26, 2014

A decade on, personal possessions of 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami victims remain

Kalani Gordon 0 Comment World indian ocean, tsunami

Thai police opened a shipping container filled with documents and possessions of victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami after being asked by Reuters for permission to film its contents. The 3 metre by 12 metre container was handed over to Thai police in 2011 and contains hundreds of plastic police evidence bags – each one holding the precious items found on the body of a victim. In Thailand, over 5,300 people were killed, including several thousand foreign tourists, when the waves swamped six coastal provinces, turning some of the world’s most beautiful beaches into mass graves.

: Personal possessions of 2004 tsunami victims outside a police station in Takua Pa, in Phang Nga province December 19, 2014.

: Personal possessions of 2004 tsunami victims outside a police station in Takua Pa, in Phang Nga province December 19, 2014.

: Personal possessions of 2004 tsunami victims outside a police station in Takua Pa, in Phang Nga province December 19, 2014.

: Personal possessions of 2004 tsunami victims outside a police station in Takua Pa, in Phang Nga province December 19, 2014.

: Personal possessions of 2004 tsunami victims outside a police station in Takua Pa, in Phang Nga province December 19, 2014.

: Personal possessions of 2004 tsunami victims outside a police station in Takua Pa, in Phang Nga province December 19, 2014.

: Personal possessions of 2004 tsunami victims outside a police station in Takua Pa, in Phang Nga province December 19, 2014.

: Personal possessions of 2004 tsunami victims outside a police station in Takua Pa, in Phang Nga province December 19, 2014.

: Personal possessions of 2004 tsunami victims outside a police station in Takua Pa, in Phang Nga province December 19, 2014.

: Personal possessions of 2004 tsunami victims outside a police station in Takua Pa, in Phang Nga province December 19, 2014.

: Personal possessions of 2004 tsunami victims outside a police station in Takua Pa, in Phang Nga province December 19, 2014.

: Personal possessions of 2004 tsunami victims outside a police station in Takua Pa, in Phang Nga province December 19, 2014.

: Personal possessions of 2004 tsunami victims outside a police station in Takua Pa, in Phang Nga province December 19, 2014.

: Personal possessions of 2004 tsunami victims outside a police station in Takua Pa, in Phang Nga province December 19, 2014.

: Personal possessions of 2004 tsunami victims outside a police station in Takua Pa, in Phang Nga province December 19, 2014.

: Personal possessions of 2004 tsunami victims outside a police station in Takua Pa, in Phang Nga province December 19, 2014.

: Personal possessions of 2004 tsunami victims outside a police station in Takua Pa, in Phang Nga province December 19, 2014.

: Personal possessions of 2004 tsunami victims outside a police station in Takua Pa, in Phang Nga province December 19, 2014.

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