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'I was trapped under water in catastrophic tsunami - how I survived shocks everyone'


EXCLUSIVE: Lou Harrand, 51, was on her honeymoon in Thailand when the Boxing Day tsunami hit. 20 years on, she reveals how the catastrophic incident changed her life

Lou says she didn't recognise herself when she saw her injuriesMaking my way to the top floor, a German man and his girlfriend, who’d been in their room when everything happened, took me in and looked after me. An X-ray revealed I’d broken my ribs and I needed my arm stitched up, but the adrenaline meant I hardly felt the pain. All we had was a Polaroid of ourselves in the hospital and a piece of paper that said, “This person is a British national.” Luckily, the airline we were due to fly home with in the New Year allowed us to transfer flights, and relief flooded over me.

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