Esi sisifo sobuhlali somhlali wase-Thailand u-Andrew J. Wood osandula ukutyelela indawo e-Thailand eyayonakaliswe kakhulu ziziganeko ezibi ngo-Disemba 26, 2004. Iinkumbulo zakhe zisusela ngala mhla kwakuloo nyaka owawusaziwa njenge Itsunami yomhla wamanqindi.
“Ndihleli eholideyini yam kwiphondo iPhang Nga kuMazantsi eThailand kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, bendizolile ngesidlo sam sakusasa, kwaye iingcinga zam zajika zaya kwizigigaba ezibi kwiminyaka eli-15 eyadlulayo. Ndandihlala kwindawo yokhenketho eyabethwa yitsunami ka-2004. Indawo yokuphumla yachukunyiswa liliza elikhulu leemitha ezili-15 elenza ukuwela kumanxweme e-Khao Lak.
“Kule minyaka ilishumi elinesihlanu, iindawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide zakhiwe kwakhona - le ndawo idume ngokuba neelwandle ezintle ezintle ezinesanti emhlophe kwaye iphinde izaliswe ngabakhenkethi, ikakhulu abavela eYurophu bebaleka imozulu yobusika emantla e-hemisphere.
Ngelishwa, bambalwa abantu bakwaThais abatyelelayo ngoku - basalukhumbula usizi nokufa kwabo.
“Ulwandle apha aluninzanga kakhulu olwenza ukuba amaza amakhulu akhe angaphazanyiswa yimvelaphi yawo eSumatra kwaye atshabalalise yonke into kubandakanya iindwendwe ezingama-400 kunye nabasebenzi abaninzi behotele abebesemsebenzini - bonke batshabalale ngentseni yomhla wamanqindi wosuku.
“Kwakungekho ndawo singaya kuyo, kungekho ndawo yokuzimela. Yonke imithi yacaba, kwaye zonke izakhiwo ubukhulu becala zaziphantsi. Yayiyitsunami yokuqala enkulu eThailand, ke ngoko, kwakungekho nkqubo ikhoyo. Namhlanje, iinqaba zokulumkisa i-tsunami ezinemihlaba emikhulu zivumela iihotele kunye neendawo zokuchithela iiholide ngeyure enye ukuba ziphume ngebhasi ziye kwindawo ephezulu. Baziqhelanisa minyaka le. Akumangalisi ukuba ithathwe ngokungathí sina kakhulu, kwaye wonke umntu unikela ingqalelo.
Ndiziva ndilusizi kodwa ndiyabulela nangoku Ubomi bubuyile kunye nabakhenkethi.
“Ndisikelelekile nokuba ndikwazile ukubona ukuvuselelwa kwakhona. Indikhumbuza ibinzana elithi "i-carpe diem" -bambe usuku.
“Yonke imihla sisipho.
"Ndiyazibika iingcinga zam kunye nemithandazo yam kubo bonke abo baphulukene nelahleko nakubo bonke abo bangamaqhawe bangaziwayo, uninzi lwabo bangabakhenkethi, abakhenkethisi, kunye nabasebenzi basehotele, abathe babambeka kwisiphithiphithi ngala mini imbi - ndiyabulela."
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “The sea here is very shallow which enabled a massive wave to build unhindered from its origins in Sumatra and wiped out everything including 400 guests and a lot of the hotel staff on duty –.
- “Sitting at my resort in Phang Nga province in Southern Thailand a few weeks ago, I was quietly having my breakfast, and my thoughts turned to the tragic events 15 years earlier.
- “My thoughts and prayers go out to all those who suffered loss and to all those unsung heroes, many of them tourists, tour guides, and hotel staff, caught up in the chaos on that fateful day –.
