PHOTOS: I have posted 27 photos online
The day after the tsunami hit Phuket - I took 27 photos from the Patong beach area. You can see them at this address:27 TSUNAMI PHOTOS
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posted by Rick Von Feldt @ 1:32 PM
Thursday, December 30, 2004
27 TSUNAMI PHOTOS
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This website is about SURVIVAL. On December 26, 2004, hundreds of thousands of people witnesses, experienced and survived a tsunami. This weblog by Rick Von Feldt journals their experiences of survival. (Rick Vonfeldt)
INDEX - Where to start
PHUKET TSUNAMI started out as one person's blog on what he saw in PHUKET THAILAND. It has now grown in to more than that - with many other FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS from Asia on what people saw and experienced in the TSUNAMI of December 26, 2004THE FIRST 60 MINUTES of the BIG ATTACK. Photo - Start here NATURES UGLY HAND - WHAT WE SAW
RICK VON FELDT'S 10-PART first hand account and journal entries.
Part 1: THE BEGINNING: What I had to say before the the electricity went out again Part 1: THE BEGINNING
Part 2: THE FIRST HOUR - What really happened Part 2: THE FIRST HOUR
Part 3: AFTER THE FIRST TWO WAVES: People lived in fear for hours Part 3: AFTER THE FIRST TWO WAVES
Part 4: THE DAY AFTER - PULLING OUT THE BODIES Part 4: THE DAY AFTER
Part 5: NIGHTTIME WITHOUT ELECTRICITY - A reflection after the horror Part 5: NIGHTIME
Part 6: THE AGONY OF LEAVING - Writing from the airport Part 6: LEAVING
Part 7: WE DIDNT UNDERTAND - WE WERE JUST PARALYZED -Others begin to reflect Part 7: UNDERSTANDING?
Part 8: BACK HOME - FEELING GUILTY Part 8: BACK HOME and FEELIN GUILTY
Part 9: WHAT WOULD YOU GRAB IN 5 MINTUES? Part 9: WHAT WOULD YOU GRAB?
Part 10: AND THERE ARE NO DOGS Part 10: AND THERE ARE NO DOGS
MUST READ is Luke Simmonds amazing story of being out to sea sailing - and getting swept inland with the tsunami - only to go on to help out others who were hurt and injured! LUKE SIMMONDS
27 PHOTOS - Rick Vonfeldt took 27 photos immediately after the disaster. You can see the devistation to Patong Beach. PHOTOS OF THE WRECKAGE
A FIVE MINUTE EXCERPT from National Public Radioof Rick Von Feldt's journal read on NPR RADIO Go here to LISTEN: JOURNAL READ ONLINE
AND YOU MUST READ about Julie and son Casey who helped rescue over 50 people floating in the water after the first wave!
ABOUT RICK VON FELDT
Rick Von Feldt, an American, was based in Asia at the time of the tsunami. From the moment the tsunami hit in Patong Beach in Phuket, Thailand, he documented his observations and insights to the emotion and devistation. Later, his goal was to establish a website for other survivors to post their experiences. But it also serves as a purpose for others to learn first hand what happened in those awful moments of the tsunami. The website has been featured on CNN, BBC, numerous newspapers and magazines - and is featured now as part of text books and cirriculm for students to learn about what happened.
You can write to Rick at: rvonfeldt@yahoo.com
11 FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS
- SWIMMING THROUGH CROCODILES for saftey
- IN AN ELEVATOR when the WAVE HIT
- BEST WRITING about COPING with being a survivor!
- Shenth Ravindra on train in Sri Lanka
- Stuart Lock, Maldives, on his honeymoon
- Katie and David Appleton in Thailand
- Scott Raderstorf and their "round the world" trip / interuption!
- Fred Roberts in Jaffna, Sri Lanka
- Mark Rochefort in the Andaman Islands
- Ernest Rodriguez in Thailand
- Cenues from Sri Lanka
15 MORE SURVIVOR STORIES
SURVIVOR DAVE LOWEDAVE LOWE Dave was working in Maldives, when water taller than the entire island hit. Read his heroic and frightening story.. And an UPDATE from Dave after he went back for the DAVE LOWE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY
MARK NELSON Mark was one of those on the GROUND FLOORS of Patong Beach. He was staying at the Ban Thai resort on Patong Beach. He tells of his story when the first wave hit.
DENNIS HOOGENKAMP DENNIS HOOGENKAMP writes a series of emails about his TSUNAMI EXPERIENCES and work in Phuket, Kao Lak, takuapa and Aceh in Sumatra.
SURVIVING PARENTS of Leanne Cox This is a very sad story. Leanne Cox was never found. However, her parents write to letters to their daughter, even thought she never would read them.
SALY HUYTON Four friends are awakened by an earthquake while on the island of Phi Phi. Their story is shocking.
FIONA AND SIMON A boyfriend and a girlfriend come together in Thailand for a much needed vacation – and barely survive.
PAT BENTON Pat describes her and her husband’s “THREE DAYS OF HELL IN KHAO LAKâ€
FELIX, LOUISE & ZAC IN PHI PHI Man, Women and son fight for their life.
NAOMI BOWMAN’s STORY Naomi Bowman describes her experience on Phi Phi – and what she is now doing to make a difference.
CHARLEY MARSHALL's story Gary Marshall, father of 8 year old Charley – sends in Charley’s word of what happened to him.
SURVIVOR MARK BRANDON (with Jason Beech and Rick Everett)
MARK BRANDON describes the first moments of when the first wave hit as he was standing in the lobby across from the beach…â€It wasn’t so much the height of the wave, but its crushing power and speed…†MARK BRANDON, JASON BEECH, RICK EVERETT
SURVIVOR MARK OBERLEMARK OBERLEMark and his family arrive to Phuket and were awoken by the earthquake. As a doctor, he describes what he saw that morning. DOCTOR MARK OBERLE
SURVIVOR ALAN DE ROER and AURELIE FERRANT
ALAN DE ROER and AURELIE FERRANT describe the 8 hours of when the first waves it. “…at 10am I got woken up from screams in the street…†AURELIE FERRANT and ALAN DE ROER
SURVIVOR DOROTHY WILKINSON
DOROTHY WILKINSONand her partner Tom were visiting Tom’s 58 year old parents who had moved to Thailand. They decided to visit the island of Khao Lak. Dorothy’s partner and his parents were washed away. Dorothy snapped her coccyx, crushed three vertebrae, almost severed her left arm at the elbow where there was a hole the size of a tennis ball, and her head was so badly gashed that her skull was exposed. She thought she was going to die. But with the help of others – she survived. DOROTHY WILKINSON and COLIN and CAROLE FAIRBAIRN
SURVIVOR VERNON OLSON
VERNON OLSONwas in Patong when the tsunami smashed into the resort town. Despite being knocked over and swallowed up by the waves, the 66-year-old escaped without serious injury. But he reflects on the 40 people who died around him. VERNON OLSON
Previous Posts
- FIRST HAND ACCOUNT: Julie and Casy Sobolewski (hel...
- SURVIVING THE TSUNAMI - Part 10 "And there are no ...
- Excerpts of journal read on NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
- FIRST HAND ACCOUNT: Ernest Rodriguez
- FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS: Katie and David Appleton in T...
- FIRST HAND ACCOUNT: Saki
- FIRST HAND STORY: Evelyn Rodriquez
- FIRST HAND ACCOUNT: Cenues from Sri Lanka
- FIRST HAND STORY: Kevin interviews people in Thailand
- FIRST HAND STORY: Scott Raderstorf and their "roun...
15 Comments:
Thanks for sharing that Richard. Sounds like you've been very fortunate.
jonathan, London (jonlow@hotpop.com)
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I don't know what to even say about the 27 photos that you took. They are amazing if you can even say that about the destruction of life, a way of life, a resort, people, etc. Gone with the Wind, I regret.
Glad you are well. Those pictures will be there for generations.
Rick...thanks for doing your part to capture the essence of this tragedy. Too often we take the order of our immediate surroundings for granted. What you have recorded helps us to appreciate more how fortunate many of us are that never will experience such human suffering. Thanks!
Rick,
Thanks so much for sharing your pictures and experience with us. From this, I long even more for the Lord to come and put an end to death. Our hope is that when Jesus comes, the dead in Christ will rise again. Until then, remain faithful.
Dr. Sheila Davis
Rick,
Thanks so much for sharing your pictures and experience with us. From this, I long even more for the Lord to come and put an end to death. Our hope is that when Jesus comes, the dead in Christ will rise again. Until then, remain faithful.
Dr. Sheila Davis
Indeed, thank you for sharing your experience.
The pictures and your story give us an impression, but we will never be able to fully understand the impact of this force of nature.
My heart goes out to all the people harmed. I will help where i can.
Nathalie, Belgium
Thanks for sharing. I'm so sorry for the loss of life... :(
hi, thanks for sharing your pics. I thought they were very heartfelt. Do u know of anything on patong beach?
Hi Rick,
Thanks for sharing the photos with us.
I cried looking at the photos which you took of Patong especially the supermarket. I was in Phuket a year ago and i had been to that supermarket a few times.It's just so sad.
Rick,
Thank you for sharing with us all your personal experience and account of one of the most catastrophic phenomemons of our time. I can only imagine what an unconscionable and horrifying experience this must of been for you and everyone else, especially the many international tourists who were caught off-guard in to such dismay. I surely wish I would of been there, as I have always taken a keen interest in nature's phenomenom of the tsunami, and the minute I would of saw that ocean pull back, I would of had immediately known that eminent danger was coming... I surely hope that the international Governments and the entire world itself truly takes into full consideration, regardless of the cost, that implementing tsunami warning systems in all earthquake potential regions is 'PRICELESS', having 'no price tag' to the countless and endless loss of life itself... My wishes, hopes and thoughts are with you, all of the survivors and for the many precious souls who lost their lives on that fateful day. May we all pull together in unity to ensure that if nature rages upon us, that every community in the world do all that they can to obtain any resources that will help to save the many precious lives of so many...
Thank you again for your sharing with us all...
Peace in the World,
Vivian Hain
Oakland, CA USA
Rick:
Thank you for posting your photos. I was in Phuket that fateful morning and you actually captured a photo of my hotel - #13. My friend and I escaped unharmed, how I still dont know. We were on the roof of the structure on the left, but did not see what the damage looked like from the beach. We took 5 photos from the roof, one of the twisted purple jeep and one of the yellow one. It was bizarre and disturbing to see a different vantage point of the destruction. We had finishted eating breakfast only minutes before the waves hit. The right side of the photo is where the outdoor breakfast buffet was. Unbelievable. We are both home in NY now, and will never forget that fateful day as long as I live.
Being a survior of the Tsunami when it hit the island of Koh Phi Phi, this is the first time I have actually looked at pictures besides on television of the destruction. This is something that haunts me everyday of my life. Also knowing that I had been to some of the places in your pictures only weeks before gives me the chills. Thank you very much for sharing your photos with me and the world, so others are able to understand what a force this was.
Jenna Grady
I was not there when the Tsunami hit, but seeing the pictures sickened me. It pains me to know that so many people suffered and still are haunted by this event. Thank You for taking the pictures to show those of us who were not there just how powerful and painful this was.
Dear Jenna Grady,
I was on the island of Koh Phi Phi few days ago and found on low tide in the tideland a old weathered credit card with your name. Interested if it's be linked to tsunami in 2004, i googled your name and did find this blog with your comment.Maybe is yours. Would be nice to hear from you.
Sven, Germany
eigha@aol.com
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