Asia's Tsunami: Indonesia

PHOTOGRAPH FOR TIME BY JOHN STANMEYER / VII

Hidayat's house was leveled by the tidal wave, which struck an hour after the earthquake, while he had taken his car to check on his friend further in town. Seventeen members of his family, including his wife and four children, were killed

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