Tsunami. Crossed destinies | TF1 | Le Droit de savoir

December 26, 2004, whereas the whole world celebrates Christmas, an unprecedented natural disaster strikes the coasts of the countries surrounded by the vast Indian Ocean. Many tourists deserted their countries in the Northern hemisphere to recharge their batteries in the sunshine, at the other end of the world. In family, with friends or in honeymoon, everyone looks for magic moments, in the most beautiful destinations. But the destiny made it differently. At 7h58 of the morning, the ground started to tremble off the island of Sumatra. Magnitude : 9,3 on the scale of Richter. Ever seen of memory of man. A gigantic water wall starts its fatal course on the West coast of Sumatra and continue to the borders of the Indian Ocean, sowing death and despair on its passage. It will leave 200 000 dead behind it. The whole world hears almost instantaneously about this catastrophe. Tens of tourists cameras are recording live images, images which will make the tour of the world. Our document shows, minute by minute, the destiny of these families which, through their holidays films, make us share their particular experience. Testimonys are deeply moving. The destinies cross. The victims are forever linked in life and death. We tell their stories.