A woman recounts her harrowing experiences surviving both a train accident in Thailand and the devastating 2004 tsunami. Just a year after a solo holiday turned tragic with traumatic brain injuries, she returned to Thailand with her father, only to find themselves caught in the catastrophic tsunami. Her story highlights the fragility of life and the enduring power of resilience.
Then aged 21, she was back in Thailand a year after a horrifying train accident left her with traumatic brain injuries in 2003 during a solo holiday.
I did see an awful lot of death and I did see an awful lot of heartache, but I also didn't lose my passport, and my dad and I left Thailand as fast as we could...But Hills was only there for 48 hours when a fresh nightmare began. Just two days after the tsunami, they were able to leave Thailand and ended up in Singapore, where Dan was living.
"Grief is a natural process, and it does what it does, and it probably took a good two years for me to feel nice and calm about the situation I found myself in.Rubble and debris left over after the 2004 tsunami in Kamala Beach, Phuket Thailand.
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