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Briton surfs tsunami and survives....

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HIKKADUWA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - British surfer Martin Markwell had always dreamed of catching that perfect wave -- but when it finally came along, it was a nightmare.

Markwell was paddling on his surfboard on Sunday off the popular Hikkaduwa beach resort on Sri Lanka's palm-fringed southern coast when he was swept up by a tsunami wave and sent crashing over a white sand beach and into a hotel restaurant.
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I searched for this... 😛
 
The family regrouped and ran inland into jungle to safety just minutes before a giant tsunami wave 10 metres (30 ft) high crashed into Sri Lanka's coast, killing more than 28,500 people.

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Originally posted by: Pocatello
It's nice to see a happy ending in all this carnage.
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Ya not kidding. I was thinking about the surfers who visit that area often wondering how many died. It turns out that its not the surfing season down there so many surfers dont go their this time of year.
 
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