- Title: INDONESIA: LATEST AMATEUR VIDEO SHOWS HORROR OF QUAKE AND TSUNAMI IN ACEH
- Date: 26th December 2004
- Summary: HOTEL GUESTS OUTSIDE HOTEL POINTING AT DAMAGES MALE HOTEL STAFF GETTING OUT OF DAMAGED BUILDING
- Embargoed: 10th January 2005 12:00
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- Location: BANDA ACEH, ACEH PROVINCE, INDONESIA
- Country: Indonesia
- Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
- Reuters ID: LVADSGM5Y9UARWJZXFPLVS5F3G40
- Story Text: Latest amateur video shows horror of quake and tsunami in Indonesia's worst-hit Aceh.
Amateur video footage showed the horror of the December 26 earthquake and tsunami in the provincial capital of Indonesia's worst-hit province of Aceh.
Taken by a local resident who was about to film a marathon, the video captured the massive earthquake as it shook the town of Banda Aceh.
Participants and spectators of the marathon could be seen holding onto the ground as they waited for the quake to subside.
Cars were jolted from side to side by the 9.1-strong quake that toppled buildings, including the town's main hotel where the first floor was completely crushed by its higher floors.
Panicked residents were seen evacuating homes and buildings, while hotel guests could be seen climbing out of their windows dressed only in their towels.
Patients of a local hospital were brought outside to the street, while residents and local authorities tried to rescue those trapped under the rubble.
Residents soon rushed their way inland as they heard news about the tsunami.
The cameraman also captured survivors climbing on the piles of debris gathered by the flowing river, some of whom managed to escape by reaching the river bank.
Others were pulled to safety by onlookers, while the fate of many others was unknown.
As many as 230,000 people in Aceh province are feared dead, while hundreds of thousands were left homeless by the deadly quake and tsunami. - Copyright Holder: AMATEUR VIDEO (CAN SELL)
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