What saddens me most are the stories of parents who survived but were unable to save their children. That must be devastating. I've heard a couple of stories of parents who had to choose saving one child over another. Can you imagine how hard that must be? Having to make that kind of decision? My heart goes out to them and everyone who lost loved ones.

Here's a great story about a boy saved by man's best friend...
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Here is a large collection of amateur videos of the Tsunami: <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.waveofdestruction.org">www.waveofdestruction.org</a><!-- w -->
Watching these videos is heart wrenching, and makes the stories of survival that much more incredible.