Survivors tell of amazing escapes
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British survivors of the Asian tsunami have been involved in amazing rescues and heroic acts of bravery in the aftermath of the disaster.
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Personal stories of loss and bravery from survivors of the Asian earthquake dominate the papers, as the scale of the disaster continues to emerge.
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MEDAN, Indonesia -- These are the lucky ones. Fate sent them to the crumbling wards of the Pirngadi General Hospital instead of to their graves. Here, where many victims with the most complicated injuries from the Dec. 26 tsunami were evacuated, survivors embark on daunting recoveries.
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GLASGOW (CP) - The weary captain and crew of the stricken HMCS Chicoutimi told tales of heroism, fear and survival Monday in their first public recounting of the fire aboard their sub, with some expressing wonderment that they lived to tell of their ordeal.
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There have been many extraordinary eyewitness accounts of the disaster that unfolded as giant waves swept ashore after the earthquake.
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Rescuers say two walkers are lucky to be alive after becoming stuck on a ridge in Snowdonia at night.
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Survivors and rescuers are battling through the devastation left by sea surges that killed more than 15,000 people on Asia&#39;s southern shores.
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Four people were yesterday pulled alive from the rubble of a building that was engulfed by a landslide in the Philippines 11 days ago.
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One rescued hostage details what happened during the 53-hour ordeal.
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The death toll continues to climb, but so does the number of survivors of the epic earthquake and tsunami that struck South Asia and Africa this weekend.
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Tsunami survivors on the isolated Andaman and Nicobar islands told harrowing tales Thursday of going without food after fleeing mammoth waves that smashed their villages and of Indian naval officers shooting hungry crocodiles that stalked refugees.
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Five people are rescued off the north Cornwall coast after spending eight days adrift in a life raft.
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UK survivors in Phuket and nearby islands, in Thailand, realise how close they came to being killed by the tsunami .
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By Mario Perez, ABC. A plane crash. An uncharted island. A tiny band of frightened survivors. Out of these familiar adventure-story components and a host of pop-culture conventions
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Four weeks after killer waves destroyed communities around the Indian Ocean, a lone tsunami survivor was rescued from a remote island, a rare moment of hope among countless tales of grief and loss.
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A victim of last month's tsunamis was rescued after surviving alone for 26 days on a partially submerged island in India's Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, the Indian navy said.
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Travel: Rosemary Mahoney describes the freedom and fears she encountered on her great river adventure