Tsunami Video From Aceh, Indonesia (Wizbang)

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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A videotape shot as a tsunami swept through Indonesia's Aceh province aired for the first time Sunday and showed a roiling torrent of dark brown water engulfing a busy street, picking up cars and minivans and sending people scrambling up the sides of buildings.

The videotape, broadcast by Metro TV - a commercial channel based in Jakarta, was shot by a cameraman named Hasyim who normally photographs weddings. He captured a horrific record of the unfolding Dec. 26 disaster, starting minutes after a giant undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean toppled buildings and including a scene hours later showing a long line of corpses covered with cloth.

More than 104,000 Indonesians died in the catastrophe. The tsunami swept through southern Asia and as far as east Africa, killing more than 150,000 people in total.

Watch The Video (via AP/Yahoo!)

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Comments (9)

OT: CBS memogate report rel... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by Opinionated Vogon | January 10, 2005 10:25 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Opinionated Vogon:

OT: CBS memogate report released today:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/10/national/main665727.shtml

Posted on January 10, 2005 10:25

The network fired Mary Mape... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by lawhawk | January 10, 2005 10:30 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

lawhawk:

The network fired Mary Mapes, producer of the report; Josh Howard, executive producer of "60 Minutes Wednesday" and his top deputy Mary Murphy; and senior vice president Betsy West.

Rather was not fired. Heyward was not fired. Yet, the final decisions to get the documents on air rested with those two. This is just a good start.

Posted on January 10, 2005 10:30

Getting back to the tsunami... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by Palmateer | January 10, 2005 11:32 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Palmateer:

Getting back to the tsunami video, where (or how) can a copy of equivalent quality (lesser ones are available) be downloaded from the web?

Posted on January 10, 2005 11:32

They just aired it on Scarb... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by julie | January 11, 2005 10:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

julie:

They just aired it on Scarborough country. Another frightening video. The water was so thick with lumber, cars, refrigerators. And, it kept getting higher and faster. Unbelievably fast.

Posted on January 11, 2005 22:31

tHERE IS NOTHING LIKE THIS ... (Below threshold)

5. Posted by QDEPY | January 13, 2005 12:37 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

QDEPY:

tHERE IS NOTHING LIKE THIS I`VE EVER SEEN[AND I HAPPEN TO BELIEVE I`VE SEEN A THING OR 2].ITS A MONSTER ,BLACK...WHEN IT APPROACHED THE CROWD THE IMPRESSION GIVING THAT THERE WAS PLENTY OF TIME TO LEAVE , HIDING IN ITS BELLY PROBEBLY ALREADY THOUSANDS OF DEAD AND DYING PEOPLE WHO LIVED NEAR THE SHORELINE ,AND FURTHERMORE HIS TOOLS TO KILL WITH , LIKE ROOFTOPS,BIG CHUNKS OF CONCRETE RUBBLE,KNIFESHARP WOODEN PIECES ,SMASHED CRS AND TRUCKS, NOT TO MENSION THE THOUSENDS OF PIECES OF BROKEN GLASS!!!BUT SAD ENOUGH YOU ONLY BECAME TO SEE THIS WHEN IT WAS RRRAACING BY ,AFTER IT HAD PICKED UP MOMENTEM AT THE TIME THIS DEMON HOOKED UP WITH HIS BROTHERS FROM HELL WHO ENGOLVED THE OTHER STREETS NEAR ACEH-CENTRE,THESE COMBINED FORCES FROM THE DEEP SPREAD ITS WINGS WHEN IT BECAME ONE ,WITH A VIOLENCE UNHEARD OF IN MODERN TIMES BEGAN THE HUNT TO THOSE WHO INITTIALY THOUGHT TO HAVE TIME ON THERE SIDE!!!! IT MUST HAVE BEEN PURE TERROR AT THE MOMENT THEY HEARD THE ROAR BEHIND THEM GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER.... AND THEN..........................MAYBE BY TURNING THEIR HEADS......................PAIN ARRIVED AND EVERYTH...............lets pray for there souls.

Posted on January 13, 2005 00:37

DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW TO GE... (Below threshold)

6. Posted by QDEPY | January 13, 2005 12:54 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW TO GET THE COMPLETE VIDEOFILE , FROM METRO OR ANYWHERE ELSE ?? fOR INSTANCE ,IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE START OF THE FIRST 'ACEH-VIDEO',RELEASED 26-12-04,YOU SEE ON THE COVER AMONG OTHER RELEVANT INFO, ALSO THAT THE OR. LENGTH OF THE VIDEO IS ;2min31!!!! BUT ON THE NET THIS IS EVERYWHERE REDUCED TO 1min01!!!i HATE THIS!!CAN ANYBODY TELL ME WHERE I CAN PICK UP THE FULL LENGTH VIDEOS?????

Posted on January 13, 2005 00:54

there souls??? excusez moi ... (Below threshold)

7. Posted by QDEPY | January 13, 2005 6:28 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

there souls??? excusez moi , must be "their souls"ofcourse!

Posted on January 13, 2005 06:28

mension?=mention!... (Below threshold)

8. Posted by QDEPY | January 13, 2005 6:35 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

mension?=mention!

Posted on January 13, 2005 06:35

tsunami di aceh it's very s... (Below threshold)

9. Posted by rimas | January 24, 2005 6:53 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

rimas:

tsunami di aceh it's very sad

Posted on January 24, 2005 06:53

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