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Jet Li saves daughter and himself from killer waves

     Washington: Hollywood action star Jet Li played a real life hero by saving his daughter and himself from the killer tsunami that wreaked death and devastation on Southern Asian shores. Li and his daughter were vacationing in a resort in the Maldives when the 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Sumatra on early Sunday. EOnline quoting Hong Kong's 'Apple Daily' newspaper reported that the martial artist and his daughter were in their hotel lobby when a wall of water surged into the building. Li managed to hang on to a piece of floating furniture and sustained a foot injury, but managed to save his daughter and escape relatively unharmed. The 'Fist Of Legend' star then called his agent and informed him that he had managed to escape from the deadly tsunami.
- Dec 29, 2004

New York supermodel survives in Thailand (Go To Top)

    New York: New York Supermodel Petra Nemcova survived the killer Asian tsunami by clinging to the top of a palm tree for eight hours, while bearing the pain of a broken pelvis and the tragedy of her boyfriend Simon Atlee being swallowed by the fierce sea waves. "This huge wave just pulled us out of the house. It was so powerful I couldn't get up. I couldn't get out of it. This huge wave just pulled us out of the house," said Nemcova, who is currently recuperating from her injury at a hospital in Thailand. "People were screaming and kids were screaming all over the place, screaming, 'Help, help.' And after a few minutes, you didn't hear the kids anymore," added a shaken Nemcova. According to The New York Daily News, Nemcova was enjoying the sun and sand with her fashion photographer boyfriend at the Thai resort of Khao Lak when Sunday's catastrophe struck Asian shores. "I heard people screaming and I looked out the window and people were jumping out of the way, jumping into the pool. I was screaming, 'On the roof! On the roof!' I tried to go on the roof but I got sucked away," Nemcova said. The couple's wooden bungalow was torn apart by gigantic waves, which sent them sprawling into a churning sea of debris, after which Atlee was swept away in the sea. "I just tried to survive and tried to think positive. I was so broken, I couldn't walk. There were so many people with horrible injuries, with blood everywhere. It was like a war movie," explained Nemcova. "I can't find Simon. It was horrible. I'm very lucky, but I can't find Simon," added Nemcova.
- Dec 29, 2004

Andaman's aboriginals safe: Pranab (Go To Top)

    Kolkata: Union Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that the aborigines in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, namely, Onges, Sentinel and Jarawa tribes are safe, contrary to reports appearing in a major daily that claimed that these tribal populations had more or less been wiped out. Giving details of his visit to the devastated islands, Mukherjee said that the Ongi people had escaped the tsunami disaster as they were located on higher ground,. He, however, admitted that the Sentinelese and Jarawas had been affected, but not s severely as was being made out by reports. Referring to the reports about the casualties suffered in the islands, Mukherjee said they were highly exaggerated, adding that a joint secretary from the Home Ministry has been asked to camp there to oversee relief and rehabilitation operations. The islands consist of the Jarawas (Population of 266), Onges (Population 100), Shompens (population 250), Sentinelese (Population 100), Nicobarese and great Andamanese (Population 40) are the world's last aboriginal tribes. A lot of confusion, however, persists about their whereabouts as there was no information about them for the past two days.
- Dec 29, 2004

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