Boxing Day tsunami 2004 | Rebekah Giles

Rebekah Giles and her boyfriend were enjoying a last-minute Christmas holiday in Thailand when the deadliest tsunami in recorded history struck. Rebekah recounts her remarkable survival, from the moment a torrent of water blew apart her beachfront hut on Phi Phi Island. If you need someone to talk to, call: Lifeline on 13 11 14 13Yarn on 13 92 76 Beyond Blue on 1300 22 46 36 Headspace on 1800 650 890 QLife on 1800 184 527 Stream the TV show on ABC iview.

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