Tsunami: Wettlauf gegen die Zeit - Thailand - Natur+Reisen / Natur und Umwelt

Fredrik Bornesand is on holiday in Phuket with his family, staying at a hotel by the sea. When the tsunami strikes, he risks his own life to try to help an elderly man in danger of being swept away by the water.

Resorts in the Paton Beach area of Phuket, Thailand were destroyed by the tsunami that hit the area on Dec. 26, 2004.

A resort in the Bang Tao area of Phuket, Thailand is pictured on Jan. 11, 2005, after it was leveled by the Dec. 26 tsunami.

Watunyou "Diewâĝ Paopas is only an infant when the tsunami rips him from his mother's arms in 2004. Against all odds, he survives to be reunited with her in a nearby hospital.

The popular tourist destination of Khao Lak in Thailand is devastated by the force of the tsunami.

A resort in the Bang Tao area of Phuket, Thailand is pictured on Jan. 11, 2005, after it was leveled by the Dec. 26 tsunami.