The Tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia 2004

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For the Acehnese, dark memories of the Dec 26, 2004, tsunami will always linger given that the disaster took the lives of many of their relatives, friends and loved ones and wrecked havoc on their communities. Yesterday, the Acehnese spent time marking the Indian Ocean Boxing Day tsunami in different ways, mostly with mass prayers. Fishermen in Lam Pulo even decided not to go out to sea, having agreed to take a day off to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the disaster to show respect to those who died eight years ago seems just like yesterday for us, but whatever the challenge, I have to move on and support my family,” said Bahtiar, a fisherman, who lost two children in the tsunami. The tsunami, which struck Indonesia and other countries bordering the Indian Ocean, was triggered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake, leaving more than 130,000 people dead in Aceh, 37,000 missing and 500,000 others displaced. Indonesia was the hardest-hit country in the disaster, followed by Sri Lanka, India and Thailand. The death toll, including those killed in other countries, topped 230,000.

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