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SMSes from Sri Lanka tsunami zone
Tsunami eyewitness Sanjay (aka "Morquendi") is a blogger and TV producer who lives and works in Sri Lanka, one of the areas hardest hit by the disaster. Throughout Sunday night -- as he participated in emergency rescue and relief efforts -- Sanjay text-messaged live observations to his co-editors at the collaborative blog Chiens Sans Frontières. Excerpts: # There's 1600 bodies found by the LTTE in Mullaitivu, in the Eastern Province, so far. They are not allowing any journalists in till rescue operations are done. # I'm standing on the Galle road in Aluthgama and looking at 5 ton trawlers tossed onto the road. Scary shit. # Found 5 of my friends, 2 dead. Of the 5, 4 are back in Colombo. The last one is stranded because of a broken bridge. Broken his leg. But he's alive. Made... # ..contact. He got swept away but swam ashore. Said he's been burying people all day. Just dragging them off the beach and digging holes with his hands. Go.. #..ing with gear to get him tommorrow morning. He sounded disturbed. Guess grave digging does that to you. [via boingboing via Rohit Gupta, Bombay] cf related Tsunami/cell phone stories posted in Textually.org. |
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