Remembering Tsunami 2004: ‘I wanted to know’


Searing scene: An aerial photograph taken on Jan 6, 2005, showing the scope of destruction at Banda Aceh after the Dec 26 tsunami. — CHUA KOK HWA/The Star

Villagers waiting for supplies delivered by the US Navy on Jan 7, 2005.

I passed by a damaged temple, the Vihara Dharma Bahti, which must have once catered to the Buddhist community there.

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