She was running towards what looks like her husband and four kids. I would imagine the five of them are all gone. It’s just so sad.
All of the people in the third picture are most certainly dead. I suspect that most, if not all, of the people in all three pictures are dead, but if the photographer survived, some of them may have also.
A few feet can make a big difference in this sort of thing.
Does anyone know who took these? What is their story?
Terribly sad. A case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
BUMP
Bump.
Each of the pictures depict what appears to be a mattress in/near the water. This makes me wonder if these pictures really depict the first wave coming in. It would seem more likely that the mattress is part of the debris from the first round. Then again, the boats seem to be in pretty good shape. Could these be fakes?
I was thinking the same thing and then you realize, she is not even thinking of herself, risking her own life to get to her relatives and get them the hell out of there.
This is the third time I have gone back and looked at these pictures. I would guess that the family of six is all dead now. The father and 4 children had probably gone out to where the water was, not realizing what was coming. I don't know, if I had been there, that I would have realized why the water was so far out. I would think it was a very low tide. Tragic tragic.
The BBC had an eyewitness account of a man on the 3rd story of a hotel yelling at people to get off of the beach. He could see the waves coming in. He watched in terror as the waves wiped out everything on the beach. He had to flee to the roof of his hotel.
BTTT
Here I am, looking at these pictures yet again. More than any that I have seen the third picture breaks my heart. Do you, or anyone, know how long it takes, after the water goes out, for the tsunami to come back in?
Those that play in the ocean should be familiar with their surroundings and understand the ocean. When the entire coast line is breaking all at once far out it is time to get the hell off the beach. I started surfing at age 30 and found out the hard way how to judge the surf and waves until I learned from experienced locals. It was clear from these photos that at least some people knew what was coming and others did not. At sea level the waves are breaking near @20 feet or higher with a 10ft. plus or higher tide behind it pushing in and breaking along the entire beach as the tide first was low and way out before the waves began to break hard with the rushing tide. From the distance the wave moved as the woman ran it was moving very fast @75mph or better.