I lost two sons & fiancé in Boxing Day tsunami – it destroyed my life – but I had to go back there for 20th anniversary TSUNAMI survivor Sharon Howard sobs as she lays flowers at the Thailand hotel where she last saw her fiance and two sons 20 years ago to the day.
While families around the country gather for Christmas, Sharon is 6,000 miles from her home in Hayle, Cornwall, at the beach resort of Khao Lak where David Page, 44, Mason, eight, and six-year-old Taylor died on Boxing Day 2004.
Sharon, now 57, recalls how that fateful day derailed her life and explains why she felt compelled to return this Christmas even though her family could not understand her decision to make the long journey.
The wall of water and debris hit coastal resorts in South East Asian countries including Thailand, Indonesia, the Maldives and Sri Lanka.
“I was dreading going back to Thailand, absolutely dreading it, but it’s something I had to do for myself,” she says.
