Timely phone call saved coconut drink stall seller’s mum


Crashing down: A shed destroyed by waves that hit coastal areas in Tanjung Tokong, Penang.

GEORGE TOWN: Never having heard of a tsunami, M. Govindoo recalled standing and staring at the water subsiding as she stood at her son’s drink stall that fateful morning on Dec 26,2004, when the first wave hit the shore in Teluk Bahang.

“I was just standing at the stall by the seaside and serving drinks to tourists. I did not know what was going on but I did not think it would be serious enough to be afraid.

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