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“A quake conjures up memories, and people immediately begin going to higher ground.” Peter Marshall, police commissioner on the Solomon Islands, where a tsunami left 1,000 people homeless.
Tuesday, Jan. 05, 2010

Open quoteA quake conjures up memories, and people immediately begin going to higher ground. Close quote

  • PETER MARSHALL,
  • police commissioner on the Solomon Islands, where a tsunami left 1,000 people homeless, evoking memories of the 2004 Indonesian tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people in the region
Photo: National Disaster Management Office / AFP / Getty | Source: AP