Thailand Expat Recounts Horror of 2004 Tsunami in Phuket and Khao Lak
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- I Interview Trevor Fisher, a trained nurse from England who was at his local hospital to help within an hour of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami hitting Phuket. Trevor recounts the tragic events in Phuket & Khao Lak after the tsunami struck. #thairishtimes #tsunami #phuket
The BBC Documentary Trevor featured in:
Part 1: • Phuket Tsunami Part 1.wmv
Part 2: • Phuket Tsunami Part 2.wmv
Part 3: • Tsunami part 3.wmv
Part 4: • Phuket Tsunami Part 4.wmv
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Eulogy for the Phuket International Hospital, Phuket, 2005 by Trevor Fisher
We have been the victims of and witnesses to one of the worst natural catastrophes, mankind has suffered in modern times.
We are changed forever, our innocence is lost and now we have the unwelcome knowledge of exactly how fragile we are.
This service is intended to offer both thanks and comfort for those who have so generously given their time, resources and efforts.
Some of us were compelled to do this because we had the obvious skills, specifically doctors and nurses.
But hundreds and perhaps thousands of people from every walk of life stood up to be counted and all of them found something to do.
And this must be how such tragedies are always solved, not by one big idea or one big intervention, but by millions of small actions that add up, to the answer.
As some of us return to our other lives, we may come across people, perhaps even loved ones, who will not understand what we have seen, they may question our motives, our decisions or simply say the wrong thing.
We must be kind to them and we must cherish them, for they still have the innocence we have lost forever.
We are compelled to survive and eventually thrive again, it is not up to us. Our losses are tragic and the pain is at times unbearable, however, we will all feel this bad, less often and this is the nature of our own recovery.
We must not feel guilty as we re engage in the trivia of daily life, for we, have the chance to do so.
Those we have lost, do not.
Out of respect for them, we should all, regardless of which faith we hold, resolve to define the rest of our lives by exhibiting the limitless generosity of spirit, love and compassion that we have found residing in all our hearts this week.
We also owe them a promise this day to make the rest of our lives a beautiful and noble example to all.
🙏🏾❤️
Extremely moving on a heartfelt level and inspirational for everyone to exhibit a “limitless generosity of spirit, love, and compassion.” God bless those unfortunate souls lost and may they forever Rest In Peace.
Thanks
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
If I could go back in time, I would have saved all the footage they had of this event that has since been pulled from RUclips.
I focused upon each and every word of this interview. My father, cousin, and 82 year old grandmother (who is still alive) were in Phuket for a week just before this tragedy. They had left for Bangkok just the day before. The beachfront resort where they were staying was destroyed. They had dodged the Tsunami by just hours! I received frantic calls from relatives inquiring about their whereabouts and safety. Although there was email, instantaneous texts and social media as we know it now wasn’t widespread. RIP for all of those unfortunate souls lost.
My mom died here. She was part of Philippine Dance troupe they need to perform in a 5 star hotel, she was on her duty during the deadly tsunami. I can't imagine how she suffered that day.
Also, I am proud of my mom, she's one of the Filipinos who represents our country there. I love you mom very much, hoping that we will meet in Paradise.
Hi Tricia so sorry to hear about your mum. I worked with many Philippine entertainers over the years I lived there, some remain good friends. They are a valued and important part of the community. I hope this day passes gently for you and your family.
I’m very sorry for your loss 😞 RIP
I'm so sorry to read this. I'm hoping you'll see her someday in paradise
May her soul rest in peace
This is my wonderful brother Trevor. On that fated day, Trevor's Mum and I like many others in the UK, were frantically searching for news about our relatives, very soon we received a call from Trevor 'I'm fine, we are all fine, but I am needed' we were one of the lucky families, tragically many never received the good news that they hoped for. Every year on the 26th of December, I take a moment to be thankful. As humans when the call comes, most of us answer that call and are there and this video serves to show that there is kindness amongst us all.
Very well said Nick, thanks for sharing that
Your brother's a very special bloke Nick.
@@ThairishTimes Thankyou too...
Is Trevor your own brother?.
@@catherinebilung5868 He is. We share the same brilliant Mum, who is sadly no longer with us.
What a fantastic and moving interview. Thanks to Trevor for telling his story, and thanks to you Pete for bringing it to us. Respect!
You're very welcome Patrick
Trevor,you are a wonderful person. And as a Ret RN,I am proud of your humanitarian importance. I can’t put into words my feelings for you, what you stand for. “Hope is the currency..” I’ll never forget you.
My first visit to Thailand was in 2001. I quickly found Phuket, fell in love with the place, and have visited many more times, also in 2002, 2003 twice, and so on. About 2007 I met a family from Sweden, Their eldest son was in his early 20s, he had a younger brother in his early teens. I spent some time with them, played a few rounds of golf and got to hear their account of having been in Phuket Boxing day 2004.
They were staying in either Kata beach or Karon at the time. Patong suffered badly from the waves because the bay amplified the force of the water. Karon/Kata were different. The water levels rose, to the top of the beach, then on to the beach road, but didn't get much further, then they receded. When the eldest son, recovering from a drunken sleep from the previous night's festivities, awoke and wandered downstairs from the villa they were staying, he noticed that the road/street was wet, but just thought that it must have been raining. It took him a while to figure out that he was one of the few people there, that everyone else had run up the road to the hills.
My friend Yuzu, his experience was very different. A tuktuk driver at the time (Phuket tuktuks are like suzuki minivans with open backs), his pitch was outside the front of the Holiday Inn , on the beach road, in Patong. Ex Thai Army, and a former professional Thai Boker who fought all over the world, Yuzu was abut 50 in 2004.
One of the most widely seen pieces of footage of the Tsunami hitting Patong, is filmed from a balcony room in the Holiday Inn.
Yuzu was in the front, on the beach road when the waves hit. He was in his TukTuk. He was lucky to get out, got injured on his side, and only survived because some tourists pulled him out of the water. They were on a first floor balcony at the time, so you can imagine how high the water was at then. The trauma he faced stayed with him for a long time. He drank, his wife left him and he was then left with his 4 kids to raise. He stopped drinking pretty quickly for obvious reasons. It's testimony to him that several of his kids went on to university.
There are quite a few Thai friends from Patong that I never found again. I was overjoyed when I found Yuzu, to know that he had survived. I didn't look for the others. It was better not knowing.
Thanks for sharing those stories Sean
Hi Sean and thanks for sharing your experience. I'm delighted Yuzu made it. I wouldn't be surprised if at least some of the others you knew did also, many people, including my ex (the mother of my son) just packed up that day and headed back to the farms. There was a lot of superstition around in the days after and that saw many leave too.
Hangovers saved many lives that day. The beach in Patong would have normally been busy by that time, when I lived in Patong I would walk my dog about 7:30 in the morning on the beach, by 8:30 - 9 it was filling up. This happened in the peak week of the peak season, but luckily the day after Christmas day so many were still in their hotels, a blessing. It's heartbreaking that Khao Lak is a family resort and not the party town that Patong is, their beaches were full, of families.
@@trevfisher once again, thanks for the reply. Indeed, there could have been a great many more on the beach if it had been any other day. My heart goes out to everyone that was impacted by that day's events.
Trevor that was absolutely moving and so compassionate. your thoughtfulness and care is a lesson for all of us to carry and pass on to one another. Your kindness is inspiring .
Thank you
I was one of the volunteers on that day. It's was the biggest chaos I have seen in my life. I tried to put myself together and reached out to help others, mostly foreigners for translation and told them where to spend their night that day. Lucky enough that they filmed me without me knowing and aired on the TV then my family knew I was still okay as telephone connections were somehow die also, too many calls they said. I asked the HQ to close the Phuket branch for a week and returned to Bangkok as it was so sad to stay there at that time as hearing ambulance sounds all day long. I returned back afterwards and joined the foundation from Germany by helping mostly fisherman to be able to return to their career. That's one of the best things I have ever done in my life. It's a bitter memory so far.
Thank you for helping during that time. Such a dad tragic event
Although 18+years have gone by but it is still fresh this. worst natural disaster of the centuury.14 countries were affected.I read somewhere that in Aceh((Indonesia) inhabitants were completely wiped out.Thank you for your generous help towards the fishermen. May God bless you with good health.By the way do you have any live footage of the 2004 Tsunami?
What a humble and inspirational man Trevor is. What he done to help and inspire others to help is amazing. How you handle this interview Pete was with so much respect to how Trevor wanted it to be . 🙏🙏🙏
Incredible guy who did incredible things. I walked around the tsunami exhibition at the Forensic Science Museum 2wks ago, so hearing what he had to say put a few things together in my mind that I'd read about and seen there. Must have been a harrowing experience for the guys he talked about who helped. Great video Pete.
Cheers Pat
Trevor owned that interview. Trevor is very sensitive still after almost 20 years to separate reality vs. media. Great job connecting and giving this voice.
Hi Pete and Trevor, it's seems a little weird liking the video, but the way it was presented, the absolute truth and the respect this interview deserves for the victims and bereaved families is honorable. Well done again.
Jesus. Pete, that is the best interview you've ever done. I corresponded with Trevor a few years after the tsunami, when he was writing a book about his experiences in those terrible days. Of course, I critiqued his writing and never heard from him again. But please tell him, if you get the chance, that I thought then, and think now, what he did was heroic.
You were firm but fair Steve.
Thank you very much Steve
Hi Pete, seems strange, hitting the like. Thanks for your respectful interview. I have few words Pete. This man is such a lovely soul, nothing but respect for him🙏🏻, God bless him . And everyone who helped, and everybody who lost there life’s,and those who lost love ones. xxx
My son was on the beach when the tsunami struck. He had been planning to pick up his PADI certificate from the dive schools and then catch the bus to BKK where he would meet us. he, to this day, has never spoken of his ordeal, however, I have met a few people with who he shared his medical kit on the top of a higher point where the survivors and injured had gathered. Several stopped us in MBK a few weeks later to share their experiences of my son's caring nature. It makes me terribly proud of how he could possibly have become so caring and strong.
Thank you Trevor for sharing your recollections of this day. I remember watching this in the news 19 years ago and it's still traumatic.
Thanks Brian.
Absolutely compelling… what a great man, what a well presented vlog. This nailed me, just being in kao lak very recently.. this hit hard!! Thanks so so much
Very cathartic 🙏🙏
It's still one of the most astonishing natural disasters I've known in my lifetime. Stunning. Thanks for sharing this account.
Thanks to Trevor for so eloquently and respectfully sharing that story. I can only barely imagine the profound effect an experience like that must have on a person. All so sad but there is redemption there. Reminds me of a quote about always looking for the helpers in a tragedy, the helpers will always be there. Trevor is certainly one of them.
I love that quote too.
I agree!! Thank-you Trevor!!
Excellent and very moving interview. Tremendous respect for the many unsung heroes of the tragedy. Thank you all.
I was in Mae Hong Son on that day. I flew home on Royal Jordanian and due to delays, spent the night sharing a room with someone who had flown to Thailand with 4 friends. He had decided he wanted to go north, while the others stayed on the islands.
He was the only one going home. I'll never forget that night talking to him and the look on his face. I hope that by now he has found some peace in his life.
That's is absolutely terrible, so so sad
One of the best I’ve watched, it’s almost impossible not to get emotional. Power to you Pete 🙏
Thanks Jamie 🙏
This was a great interview Pete. And you are becoming a brilliant interviewer. You don’t interrupt, you let the subject speak, you have great empathy, and you ask the questions that people want to ask themselves. Look forward to each drop.
Thank you very much. I really appreciate it
That’s a powerful interview, Pete. I’m old enough to remember that event and can’t believe it was in 2004 - I would have thought 2014, maybe. Your guest is an incredible human being and a hero in my books! Keep up the great content!
Glad you enjoyed it
The best interviews that I have seen in a long time. Great job!!!!
Thank you very much Stewart
Deep and a tough watch, but so glad I did. What a beautiful attitude Trevor has got. A hero, and one with great musical taste.
I was living in Phuket at the time but back in the Uk,My girlfriend phoned me and I booked the first available flight out, I'll never forget sitting on an empty 747 in Bangkok ready to fly down to Phuket with about 6 British Police officers that had volunteered to help the Aircraft cargo hold was converted to evacuate walking wounded to hospitals in Bangkok, When I arrived in Phuket THe Royal Thai Army were doing a good job (10 days after the Tsunami) and quickly learned that Khao Lak was the worst hit so I headed there spending the next three weeks with my pickup truck helping out there, at the time I was working as a dive Instructor and was going to start working for a friend there,I had already bought a Bungalow there to live in,I know exactly how Trevor Feels I rarely discuss this subject with anyone........Far far to much pain.
One of your most important interviews Pete, thanks for sharing with us
Thanks mate
32:05 “We are all the best of us where we need to be!” thank you Trevor
(another Tsunami volunteer worked hard those weeks between Phuket and KhaoLak) and never forget
That was a powerful statement Trevor made there
What a humble man with integrity. I'm happy to hear his story.
I am in Khao Lak now. I just took my Thai girlfriend to the Tsunami museum, where the military boat came to rest, 2 kilometers from the beach. I explained to her the science of why the tsunami happened. It is alarming how many people, Thais and foreigners, did not know that if the sea recedes, the way it did in Khao Lak, it is a precursor to an oncoming tsunami. When the sea receded here, the tsunami did not hit the beach for almost thirty minutes, plenty of time for most of those who died to have evacuated. Four thousand people died here, by far the most of any other spot in Thailand. It is important for people to understand science that can save their lives.
There was a 10 year old child called Tilly Smith who was with her family at Mai Khao Beach and she knew the signs, after learning about tsunamis in a geography class at her school, Danes Hill, just two weeks previously. She convinced her family what was happening and they did their best to alert people on the beach helped by a Japanese guy who also knew the signs. She saved many lives that day. As you said, knowing the signs is really important.
I love this channel. Such quality
Thank you very much
Thanks for the moving interview
Peter … just a heart wrenching interview and very well done.
Thank you ☺️
Thank you both….knowing these kind of things can help in the future where it’s our turn to help. Good job….both of you.
Absolutely Incredible! Best Interview ever!!!
Thank you very much Mike
I was very touched watching this depressing but at the same time hopeful. I would not last five minutes doing Trevor's job just too much heartache. The world needs more people like him.
Very real conversation and what a special guy. ☘️
That was powerful stuff Trevor, thanks for sharing.
Absolute respect Trevor. Brilliant. Pete, you are a listener not an interviewer.....your approach is way superior.
Thanks Gregory
Woah this interview was pretty heavy duty Pete!! Seen Trevor before on The Thaiger channel and know about his work - kudos to the spirit and keep going more power to you from the Universe! This day has been something I can never forget cos first time in 20+yrs I had left my home country/India and went to Canada to study and the longest I have been away from India (11 months) -spent xmas nite in Changi airport and 26thMorning was on an Air India flight from SG to Bangalore. Lot of turbulence and landed -rushed to see my parents after that long and their faces made me worry then turned to see the TV screens there and saw the vivid pics of the Tsunami which I had just crossed over (exact same time our AirIndia flight flew over it). Cudnt stay at home and enjoy my break but accompanied my dad n his team that went to support essentials in the coastal areas. My father had lost a dear friend who was on the beach with his daughter and granddaughter and was found gone still holding hands! I still place a prayer on that day every year!
Terribly sad, thanks for sharing your story
Great interview Pete. So thankyou Pete and Trevor. Also loved the album cover art on the walls. All great albums.
You're welcome Phil, yep agree with you about the music too
Bloody hell Pete you've just reduced me to tears. What an interview....! Brilliant.
It was a really emotional one for me too. Thanks Gregory
Real leadership Trevor! Much respect!
Thank you Pete for this interview thank you both a very respectfully conducted interview
Thank you Margaret
Great interview Pete. Sensitive subject. What a legend Trevor is. I was in Phuket exactly a year before, so when the news came through it really struck me.
Cheers Mike
A Visa run saved my life I belive for the reason I was in the area but had to leave that morning early on a mini bus to do my monthly visa run to Cambodia. Never belived in God but I'm more than thankful I've lived to tell my story.
Sensitivly handled Pete. One of your more emotional interviews. I did put off watching this one just because I knew the massive human cost of that day would probably affect me and it did. What a human being Trevor is. !! . Also nice you went on location for this one.
I hope you can focus the positives Ian. Time is a great healer.
Thank you Ian🙏🙏
@@trevfisher yes true. I was once (35 years ago) just meters away from a guy who set himself alight in a phone box and later died in hospital. So any form of death still gets me every time .
@@ian-wu2bb absolutely harrowing.
I love watching your interviews, there's so much positivity comes from your channel it's great to see!
Thank you very much 🙏🙏
Pete a very heartfelt interview what an amazing man. This is very close to me bcoz as you know I lived through the earthquake and tsunami myself but in Aceh, Indonesia. RIP to all the victims
Thanks very much mate
Came to this video late, but I remembered looking on in horror at my TV and seeing this Tsunami unfold. We were due to go out there to Phuket a fortnight after it happened. The Thais were so grateful that we had turned up. The only thing we could do to help, was to help them clear the debri from the beaches. Years after, we took a holiday to Khao Lak, I really needed to see where this place was, that had been responsible for killing so many people. The memorial there with all the names and even photos of those who perished was a very moving sight.
I thank all those people who rushed to help in whatever way they could, including this wonderful man. It’s something that I will never forget, even though I was thousand of miles away. He is right, when the chips are down, we all pull together to to what we can!
Incredible eyewitness stories. Thanks Pete, and of course Trevor.
Cheers Dave
Wow! Pretty powerful interview. I remember sitting safely in cold snowy northern Alberta worried about my nephew who was there. He was ok but of course we didn’t know. Thank you for another great interview albeit a tough one. 🙏🏽
Actually, I believe that you are correct in saying that the second wave was significantly worse than the first. And, looking at the simulations created by the Australian government, the third wave travelled inland furthest. It is important to continue to maintain the warning signs posted near the ocean, showing escape routes. These should not be left to deteriorate.
I'm glad you cleared that up, I think I was told at the time but it's been a long time since then and this interview. Good work, thanks.
You believe? 🤔🤔🤔🤔Did you think he was going to sit and tell lies? Did you listen at all ?
@@leeroy4208 I don't think he was questioning me. I was also not sure how it was, what I saw was more severe injuries as the first few hours ticked by.
@@trevfisher Correct. I was NOT questioning you. I am sure most people are aware that I was not questioning you. I merely reported what I saw in simulations of this event. And, it is amazing just how far inland these waves travelled, something that I had not earlier appreciated. As to the destructive force of the waves, this information is probably available from various reliable sources. Please Note: You have great taste in music.
@@YuChiGongG Thanks for the compliment on the music, this was filmed in my studio and it's all decorated like this.
Very deep and left my wife and i speechless. Thank you for doing this interview
Thanks for watching Tony
A poignant reminder of such sad disaster 😢 but appreciate reliving the event. I remember that morning so well! A very good interview Pete 🙏
Thank you Oy
Hiya Pete, On catch up with videos. I will get there. Shocking the loss of life. Something I will never forget in my lifetime. And I was not even there. Trevor is so right. It has to be told correctly. So sad. For once. I have no words. Heartbreaking. Well done, Pete. You're a great interviewer. Trevor is one of life's angels. Lots of unsung heroes.
Hey Nicky welcome back ☺️☺️
So well done Pete. A very touching human story.
One of the best doc´s on the 2004 Tsunami ***** As a survaiver of the Tsunami in 2004 Phuket/KamelaBeach* I got very tuched of Trevor´s story/telling. The most important thing in giving this story to the world, is that; You cant really tell a sensational story !.. Even if people want it every time... The real Story is told by the small unforseen / unfold details, happend betweeen the people that was there... That is the People that helped eachother, in a way that you would not believe, is you havent been there - in a situation like this! Exp.; The little guy, that shows up to be the boyscout of millinium, helping 100´s of People... The big strong guy, that turns out to be the little Kid, that crys- and cant do anything... so many realyties - hits your soul in a situation like this! Big respekt to Trevor´s interview here, and his amazing Human & soulfull telling & story
Thank you martin, you summarised a lot of what I was trying to let people know about, we can truly be amazing and you never who will stand up and make a difference. All those differences big and small add up to the solution.
Pete, near the end of the interview you said that you didn't know how you would get over an event like that. The truth is that you don't. You don't get over it, you learn to live with it. The first step is to process it, and that takes time. Many people have 'survivor's guilt', some PTSD, others can seem fine for years, decades even, and then it comes to the surface.
Even in recent years there have been WWII veterans presenting to military charities for therapy and counselling for the very first time.
I'm a veteran and did a number of tours, totalling close to 3 years. One of those tours involved carnage, the aftermath of systemic ethnic cleansing, mass graves, explosions, gunfire, countless first hand accounts of atrocities that don't need repeating, there is no training that prepares you for that. I worked 18hrs a day 7 days a week for the final 3 months of that tour. No time to process what was going on and happening. Less than six months after getting back, I was sat in front of a doctor in the UK, in tears, asking to be referred for counselling.
I take my hat off to Trevor and applaud him for stepping up to the plate and helping like he did. A very interesting guy.
Sean I hope you have reached a place in your life that you have managed to cope with the horrendous things you have seen. Most importantly enjoy the small daily things like conversations, enjoy nature, family and friends. God bless you!
@@martinpeacocke8968 Martin, I am humbled by your kind response. Thank you.
I can't put into words the impact the psychiatric nurse (counsellor) had that I met with for about 8 months. Twenty something years ago mental health and PTSD was a touchy subject, and it was a very difficult balancing act, to not lose my career. These days, the landscape is very different. On the odd occasion when needed I share my knowledge with veteran brothers and sisters going through difficult times, to help them understand the process and seek help.
Lol, I was pondering how to reply to your words regarding 'reaching a place in my life ...', and am reminded of word from the late, great Robin Williams, when he was talking about being a recovering alcoholic. He said 'I'm still the same asshole, I just have fewer dents in my car. ;o)
Take care and all the best.
Hi Sean, thanks for sharing your experience, it adds to the whole thing, I was hoping that would happen and your contribution may also help others. My own most helpful conversations have been with vets. There's a connection with them where it's allowed to talk about the worst things you saw and heard and experienced and your own thoughts without censorship and I don't just mean the gruesome things. As I say in the interview I was lucky in that I had some experience of such things on a smaller scale beforehand. I think this helped me in the years later, I didn't just start thinking about such things when the Tsunami happened, I had to think about bereavement a lot before, I'd been in those darkened living rooms where the loss was being endured.
It's great that you found the help you needed and that you saw that you needed it, it's not easy even now in more enlightened times. The most challenging thing is that we can't expect even the people we love to understand and it's right that we don't expose them to exactly what we experienced in detail. They still have the innocence we have lost and we need them like that. I tried to capture that in the Eulogy and that document has taken on a life of its own. I have heard from clergy, vets and even the US MIA organisations about how they have used it to help people.
Thanks again for your comments mate, a great contribution.
@@SeanHendy Thank you Sean an excellent response. I respect your service as well. We ask our military to do the toughest jobs. You will help so many veterans when you share your recovery experience.
@@martinpeacocke8968 much appreciated. 👍
Just based on this interview you deserve 30K subs! I’m not in Thailand, wasn’t in Thailand in 2004 and didn’t know anyone directly affected but this brought tears to my eyes twice Scandinavian couple and when we are in the shit we are amazing beasts powerful interview this one mate. 🥺🇹🇭🇮🇪
Glad you got the message about how amazing we are when it matters Steven, it's one of the reasons I was happy to do this and I trusted Pete to make that happen and he did.
Thanks Steven. There are some statements that stand out to me after doing all these interviews and this is one by Trevor is one of them
My good friend was on the beach in phuket Dec 25 2004. He got called back to work to bangkok just a few hours before. Great video Pete.
A very lucky fella. Cheers Thomas
Top video guys - you certainly did justice to the event.
Thanks Keith
Amazing Interviews, Wisdom, Experiences, and Life Stories...keep it going!
Very moving and interesting testimony about what happened then. I wouldn't be able to visit the memorials, it'd be too hard and sad.
Thank u for the interview
Wow! Amazing interview Pete. We were in KhaoLak the year after, and nearly everyone local we met had lost family.
That's so sad. Khao Lak was hit so hard
Trevor was and still is a Saint, tho he won't accept this word to describe the amount of devotion as a nurse to compassionately commit himself in crisses they he did and maintain composer was unparalleled to most. And all the people who helped during this horrific event in history speaks volumes of the best of the best in people who ... just react and get the job done with compassion and respect 🙏 I'm blown away buy how wonderful humanity really is during crisses. I've seen in 9/11 and Japan tsunami as well!! Thank u for this unseen invite. Huggs of warmth and love ❤️ to those effected buy the 2004 tsunami, may we never 4get!! Love kenny Ann arbor Michigan. 😉✌️🌈💖
As an ex cop I want to thank you both for this sensitively done interview . I relate to everything you said. I worked at Club Med , Phuket in 86 as a sports coordinator. The story is very close to my heart because of its location. I recently visited Sri Lanka too and saw first hand what emotional remnants still remain today. One must treasure our relationships above all else. One never knows what will happen 5 minutes from now 🙏🙏
Thanks Patrick. Well put btw
@@ThairishTimes Without sounding condescending you both will go far. You both have lovely personalities that radiate a wonderful syncronicity, respect and love for each other. Your interview style is sincere, focused and does not shy away from difficult questions. Finally, you lift those your interviewing up to a higher place, regardless of what has befallen them. I think I speak for many......Thank you. Both. 🙏🙏🍀🍀
Yet again you produce another fantastic video, thanks.
Thanks Tony
greetings from South Africa Johannesburg thanks for great content. keep it up.
Wow. Great Interview. Heartbreaking but Inspiring. All power to Manc Trevor from a Scouser.
Now that's praise indeed and I'm a City n'all. Cheers.
@@trevfisher hahaha I guessed that somehow! Im a Red ready to do battle with you again this year mate but have many good Manc mates through going to concerts their my entire life. I don't succumb to the hatred. Rivalry, banter, needle is all great but outside that that we all have the same struggles. Think if more lads just grew up going to gigs in each others City rather then never stepping foot in it, things could be a lot nicer. Thanks for your story mate.
@@UnclePhillyMyAss Agreed. I used to play gigs in Liverpool sometimes, the Philharmonic was always a great venue to play. I was in the blues band, Bare Wires. My best mate when I lived in the UK was a scouser from Childwall, he'd come to Maine Rd with me for a laugh (in those days we were baaad) and I'd go Anfield with him to watch football. He became the club Doctor for Stalybridge Celtic and I'd go as Doctors Mate (official title) and we got to see the passion at the grass roots. Another scouse mate worked for Amek who in my estimation made the best mixing desks in the word back then.
❤️🙏🏼to you & everyone that helped.
I had friends.
2 Brothers with families, their Mother & her sister. Of 10 people only 3 returned to Sweden. Their Mother, her sister & 1 child.
They had decided to go for their usual walk, but on higher ground that morning.
Wishing you both a beautiful weekend. 💞💞
So so tragic RIP
One of the most profound memories I have of the event was of a woman at our hospital who lost all her children and her husband. She had been a refugee to Sweden from Chile after Pinochet took over. Her sisters flew over and were absolutely remarkable, I got to know them well. The reason I remember her well is that there was nothing I could do to reach her, nothing I could do to help her such was the depth of her loss and grief. I learned later that the only someone who has been through the loss of everyone can help someone else who has experienced that. She was out in touch with a group of such people and the last I heard this was helping. I lost track but would love to know how she's doing. That sort of loss is truly unfathomable.
@@trevfisher yes so many went through so much! Several have written books. Their Father had previously died and they were taking her on a holiday. Such sadness which is remembered every year here naturally.
Keep rewriting this comment. All I can say in simple terms without waffling is. This is your best yet Peter. It was powerful and emotional at the same time. Regarding Trevor. The world needs more people like him. Full respect to you both for this interview.
Thanks mate🙏🙏🙏🙏
Powerful, he is a good man
Interesting interview so sad I've been to Khao Lak and seen the memorial wall and graveyard brought a year to my eyes
Another great interview Pete. Very moving.
Thanks Richard
Excellent work Pete.
Thanks Charlie
Powerful interview.
Great video. We went through hurricane Dorian in Bahamas with 185MPH winds and 20 ft of storm surge. I can relate but not relate. Every natural disaster is different. It was a great video with real world experience.
Great interview! Well done!
I was so numbed from hearing this news in San Francisco at that time Pete!!! I was crying seeing some of the footages on the international news! Thanks for sharing this video…..because we shouldn’t take life for granted! Anything as traumatic as this can happen anytime:(
Thinking to ask parents how tell their child is. Not all heroes wear capes.
🙏 What a Great and Touching Story from a Great Man. For me he is a Hero. And i know the situation of the Tsunami, because I stayed that time on Koh Lanta, and we fled to the Hills. Great Interview Pete. ( you know also a grandson of late King Bhumipol died in the Tsunami. Khun Bumi Jensen) 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks Gert, yes an unsung hero for sure
I think most people think that a tsunami is always a huge wave as big as a 2-3 story house. Yet we have seen that most times it creeps in, and the water just keeps coming and growing in speed and height. What is shocking is that so many who live on the coast don't know how to detect when it's starting, like when the water recedes from the coastline. There are so many needless deaths. If people had just ran to the hills or to the top story of a concrete building. If sirens and announcements had taken place. In Japan, people didn't take it seriously. They thought it would be some water in the streets. They didn't expect their entire town to be washed away. We watched as river beds receded and boats laying on the ground. Then the water started coming back in. Within a short period of time, the water was overflowing the riverbanks and kept growing in height and speed. The water was full of debris to the point of destroying a concrete and steel bridge from the pounding of water and debris. Sometimes, entire houses that hadn't yet broken up smashed into bridges, destroying them. One bridge moments from destruction had teenagers on it. Thank you for your video, and I pray people will be better prepared and places available for them to get to safety.
Great interview Pete. Would have been share terror. I was flying over Indonesia at 36000 ft when it came over the P.A. system that a Tsunami had just struck Indonesia. Found out more when I landed back in Australia.
Thanks mate
Powerful and truthful. Trevor epitomises the inner strength around death that he refers to.
Main stream media have never brought this side of the situation to public attention.
Thanks Pete for created this content.
You're welcome
Amazing Story Pete, very moving.
Thank you
My wife and I had planned to go to Phuket on December 26, 2004 but we ended up on a beach in Chonburi instead. My phone was ringing most of the day with concerns from family and friends because they thought we were in Phuket
as powerful gets,fantastic and emotional RIP to lose that lost there lives on that day we will never forget
Another great interview Pete. Everytime i visit Thailand i think of that 2004 Tsunami and as a result i never stay too close to the ocean. I saw a movie, "The Impossible" a true story of a family vacationing when it hit...very emotionally charged movie.
Thanks Keith, I didn't watch that movie yet. When I was doing the research for this interview I watched hours of footage and some of the stories were so tragic it put me off watching the movie
Pete, I was the same about seeing that movie but although an emotionally intense movie, its also uplifting....its impossible (punn intended) not to cry at the end.
Facing future I see hope, hope that we will survive, hope that we will prosper, hope that once again we will reap the blessings of this magical land, for without hope we cannot live, remember the past but do not dwell there, face the future where all our hopes stand. 🙏❤️🙏❤️
Good interview and riveting intro music this time. 👌
haha thanks James
Peter and Trevor - total respect
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A very powerful interview.
Thank you
Wow I can't imagine how difficult of a time it was for all. Trevor is a decent man . Is there any thing that can stop one agin. Good interview
The Tsunami warning system they installed is well maintained and there are regular drills with sirens everywhere and first responders being trained in what to do now. There are Tsunami evacuation route signs are everywhere and many of the hotels also drill their staff.
Interestingly a few years before a guy named Khun Smith (Thai despite the name) raised a Tsunami alarm. That quake was on the same fault line but less magnitude and there was no Tsunami but he did the right thing by raising the alarm then. He was fired or left under pressure. I believe he is back in command now.
Nothing can stop one happening but much can be done to mitigate the human damage and I think that what needed to be done has been done.
Thanks for the reply. It's good to see something good came out of a terrible disaster. It eases my mind a bit I'm coming in August for a bit . God Bless
awesome interview captivating
Thank you very much
A raw and poignant interview. I visited the tsunami museum in Khao Lak this year but nothing conveys the enormity of the disaster like a personal interview from someone who was actually there on the frontline. Thank you Pete and Trevor for sharing your thoughts and memories on this awful event.
Very moving and horrific, I was in Jomtien at a Boxing Day lunch with 30 friends, at around 11.45 all our phones began ringing, I shall never forget
Excellent interview 👍.
Thank you