~SWEPT OUT TO SEA...BUT SURVIVED!!~
"I fractured my leg when the first wave threw me down. But I had managed to grab one of the many bamboo sticks that were used to build the curio shops.
There was no-one except me in that jungle, no-one came to help

I held on to that bamboo stick and kept floating. There was chaos all around. Everyone was crying for help. " ...more... > BBC NEWS World South Asia Swept out to sea, unable to swim and survived: