The in-depth story of the Sri Lanka Tsunami Train Disaster 2004 (a Train Wreck Documentary).
It’s a busy day at the Ambalangoda train station. The No. 50 Matara Express, meaning Queen of the Sea, has just pulled up to the platform fully loaded with passengers. The eight-carriage train carries around 1,700 passengers travelling from Sri Lanka’s largest city of Colombo to the city of Galle on the south of the island. It is Sunday, December 26, 2004, Boxing Day. For most passengers, however, today is Poya Day, a Buddhist holiday celebrating the full moon. Many use the opportunity to travel down south to some of the country’s beautiful resorts…
The “Boxing Day Tsunami” had a devastating effect, claiming around 228,000 lives, nearly 170,000 in Indonesia. Sri Lanka was second to that, with 36,000 people losing their lives in the flooding.
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It was after this I first time knew what Tsunami was. I remember seeing the pics in news papers and that frightens me even now. I wept after seeing the pic.. god save us from such disasters.
Y they wearing mask?
Great,
U prasant it verywell,its hard to forget.
That incidant.
They couldn't getting out ,im sure some elderly shits must have insisted they wouldn't get out or let others out.
In Sri Lanka biggest disaster is this Tsunami thing Because our Country has a small Ground level that's why 😪🤚
I usually spent time on Saturdays in the Galle Fortress till late with a few of my close friends. We share each other's knowledge while having a snack. As I can remember, it was close to 9PM and we saw a cloud formation that looked like a skull. Felt a little strange at that time. One of our friends asked us whether we knew something called "Sunami". What the heck is that? Then he explained how it happens and surrounding little technical details. We came home and the next day morning, my brother came shouting that people are running everywhere and their clothes are wet. At that very moment, it didn't take more than a few seconds to understand what has happened since we discussed Tsunamis last night. I was in shock because my father used to work at a Restaurant inside the fortress. The phones didn't work for some time and I cannot remember how we got to know that he is safe. He had barely managed to go inside the fortress when the tsunami struck. The pain we, as a nation went through, was immense.
atleast there weren’t gaters
The worst train accident in the world 😮💨
‼️‼️ Why only phone call, why not alarming the station or alarming to all train drivers, it was 2004, just Broadcast on Television and Mobile phones.
I have a doubt for tsunami it's not natural disasters, man made artificial nuclear bomb 💣 test tsunami? Unfortunately wrongly triggered in the under sea? May be chance to happen
I was 17 when this happened but this is the first time I heard about a Sri Lankan train washed out during the Indian ocean tsunami. We followed the news at that time but I guess I missed this information or it was probably never mentioned in international media, I'm not sure. Also, my aunt and her husband had plans to spend Christmas holidays during that year at a resort in Indonesia where the tsunami hits. Thank God they canceled it.
i truly do not understand why westerners keep using boxing day to talk about this tsunami when not one of the countries affected celebrate that
I still remember that day. 😢 Morning was usuall but suddenly felt a cloudy day but there is no cloud. I noticed a some kind of wind passing from east to west. That time i have no guess but later i knows its shock wave on air. Soon after that we knows in TV horrible disaster happened. I am living in west coast of india in southern state kerala. Where we lost less than 200 lives and lot of damages. Even in inland rivers too feel the flood at the following night.😢😢
Good video
RIP
similar train tragedy occured in near by Rameswaram island of Tamil Nadu during 1960's super cyclone. Unaware of the tidal waves and upcoming cyclone, a train departed from Rameswaram to island end Dhanushkodi only to be swallowed by waves. Dhanushkodi still carries the wounds of the disaster and since then referred as Ghost town.
Very Heartbreaking & Devastating to see our fellow Humans helpless in so much danger & desperate to stay Alive
Very hard to believe,my town also hit so bad.South keralite
I was 11 yrs old I remember I was returning from Delhi I heard the news when I reached lucknow
I know we're in the future, but Saints and Souls in Purgatory, please pray for those that have passed away during this flood. In Jesus name, Amen.
Why didnt they open the train doors in between the incoming waves?
The deadliest train accident ever recorded in the world so far !
Well, even before a tsunami, packing an 8 wagon train with 1700 people was stupid. It must have been well above capacity of that train. Why would you fill a train so much that even he doors cannot be opened?
Oh man this tsunami time I lives in Jaffna Srilanka and still remember that horror day…. Rest in peace those innocent souls
I was in Australia when the tsunami happened, but I was in the east of the country so I wasn't in any danger.
Ministry was informed that a tsunami was coming. So the officials had prepared the airport to welcome the "tsunami". They had been thinking the tsunami was a leader from Japan who is visiting Sri Lanka. Because they never heard about it before.
Speechless 😔
its um-bah-lan-god-da
i can imagine the panic. but if ppl hadnt panicked, i assure u that there wouldve been more survivors. panicking helps nobody
I'm probably not the only one who had to Google it but 1 yard equals to 0.9144 m.
Why do south asians (indians, pakistanis, sri lankans, bangladeshis) love to pack themselves in small spaces like sardines? I wear these people have no concept of personal space.
This comment section is just:
"I lost family members in this train" and then
"I remember this, I was on the other side of the world completely safe nowhere near it, here is my full story of how we heard the tsunami had happened, it was so scary to get the news even though we were never in any danger, I am such a survivor omg"
Honestly if the people and government gave a fuck, we would be in a better situation