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You were talking in your sleep, Than.

If my house is still there...

Come with me.

It's safe to go back down now. I need your help.

Maybe tomorrow.

Do you want some apple?

There you go.

It's nice.

Well, at least she's eating something today.

Where is my mummy?

Do you want...

to finish up your milk?

"Pomme" is apple.

It's apple.

The Swedish father of three last saw

his youngest son being carried away

after the giant wave devastated the bay at Khao Lak on Boxing Day.

The reunion was a very emotional occasion

for all concerned.

Even journalists were moved to tears.

Found trapped under debris by Thai villagers

two miles in from where the wave first hit...

I thought we were going to stay here today?

What about Martha?

You don't think Eve's mother is looking for her?

We haven't heard anything.

That doesn't mean she doesn't have family looking for her.

Well, they know where to find us.

We have a daughter.

We have to take her back.

It's chaos out there.

There are...

three temples...

four hospitals.

We have to keep checking-- for Christ's sakes, Susan!

Someone needs to stay with Eve.

And what about Martha?

Who's looking after Martha?

You lost her, you find her. She's dead.

If that makes you feel better

about taking somebody else's child--

Well, at--

at least I'm not digging in the sand-- looking for what?

Do you think she'd hold onto a tree?

Do you think Martha would hold onto a fucking tree?

My baby?

She's dead.

You keep digging in the sand, my love,

if that's what you want to do with your hands

but I don't want to see my baby dead.

Ian.

Khao Lak?

- Khao Lak? - Yes.

Than?

This is...?

My village.

Live there. Keep boat here.

Where is everybody?

- All gone. - But your family?

Oh God.

I'm sorry.

His family up in the hill.

They too frightened to come down.

And your little girl?

No.

Not yet.

- I found my wife. - Good good. Wife good.

Okay.

We burn them to free the soul.

Oh shit. Oh-- oh shit.

You're not angry.

You lost your whole family, you're not angry?

Not what I want.

How it is.

My family gone.

- I try to keep my land. - What do you mean?

Every morning when I wake up here,

I see this.

Other men see it too.

What are they doing?

Hey! Hey!

Wait, Ian. Ian.

Hey-- hey.

My daughter could be under there.

He's worried about his daughter.

Body all gone. Go temple.

No no. She's not dead.

- They can't do this. - No one come and stop them.

There has to be a mistake.

There must be-- I'll get someone. It's a mistake.

You're not listening to me.

I'm trying to get through to the British Embassy.

I want my son evacuated to the U.K.

where he can receive specialized medical care.

Maybe not strong enough to journey.

No--

No, I'm-- I'm going to find somebody.

They want to amputate his leg.

Look, James worked for you for years, now--

our travel--?

No. No, there are no papers.

I have nothing.

You don't understand what it's like out here.

We were given a few hundred baht and a toothbrush.

We've lost everything.

Please, I'm begging you.

That's too late.

I'll try the embassy again.

Yeah, they want to transfer him in the next couple of hours.

Bye.

I think I found Dad.

It's a website with photos.

I think it's Dad.

He looks...

it's a temple, about half an hour away.

- We don't-- we don't have time. - Half an hour.

It will take half an hour.

Okay.

There are more NGOs out here than news crews.

I'm watching the TV.

I've seen the donations pouring in,

but it could be weeks before the money filters through.

I know our remit is education but I can't just sit around

when the very basics aren't getting to these families.

I'm talking food, water, mosquito nets.

I'm just asking that you reassign some funds.

No, it can't wait.

Why is it that the supermarkets in Phuket are teeming

with everything these people need?

I can order lobster in my hotel.

Room service could get aid to these people faster.

We're working with the local authorities

to get the infrastructure up and running again as soon as possible.

Still no rapid deployment team?

We're drafting in as many volunteers with special skills

as we can from the U.K. and elsewhere.

I'm in constant contact with London and other colleagues.

And I'm confident that we'll have

a significant presence by the end of the week.

However, we're all aware of the scale of this disaster.

There are other countries-- Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India--

that are going to need help,

both now and in the future. Okay, thank you.

They're... they're clearing land in Khao Lak.

- Yes, I heard that. - Why aren't they still searching

- for people? - Well, I think it's fair

- that they've recovered the bodies. - My-- my daughter

could be stuck under debris, lying injured in a ditch somewhere.

The likelihood of finding any more survivors is slim.

If you haven't found your daughter by now...

I'm sorry. That was-- I'm so sorry.

What do I do now?

Oh Christ.

Hey, Tony?

I need someone to sign off on some paperwork for me.

If you could apply a little diplomatic pressure,

there's crates of supplies just sitting in a flight hangar

because the NGOs are still in a meeting

to arrange a meeting about a meeting.

And I need to get my hands on them and get out there as soon as possible.

Kathy, there's a protocol to these situations.

Screw the protocol.

You haven't been in this situation before.

I can't be sidetracked. My brief is to help British Nationals.

You ever heard of the global village?

I'm doing the best I can.

Yeah well, do better!

There are 60 ski suits and 200 tins of baked beans in my office.

If you think they'll be helpful to someone, please take them.

The Nordic Rotary Club and Rotherham Scouts

will be most reassured to know

that their donations have been put to good use.

For most of us, this was the holiday of our dreams.

- I've lost my fianc�. - I'm so sorry.

On behalf of S.Q.A. Hotels,

I can only offer our deepest condolences

and reiterate my colleague's statement.

We've been helping those who need to fly home,

and liaising with the relevant authorities.

But we're not looking at individual cases at the moment.

No one-- no one could have known a tsunami was coming.

And as such, whilst our sympathies lie with the families,

we're doing all we can based on the information that we have so far.

This just isn't good enough.

What are you going to do?

Where possible, we will be offering alternative accommodation

in our hotels not affected by the tsunami

for those who wish to resume their holiday.

You think we want to go on holiday now?

I lost my son here.

- Well, that was classy. - Don't quote me on it, please.

That's a red rag to a bull.

They're looking for somebody to take responsibility.

Who do they want to blame? God?

Earthquakes don't just happen, do they?

People monitor these things. There are warnings. There are rumblings, right?

- That's volcanoes. - Ah.

Why do you think the palm trees are still standing--

when all the hotels and chalets are just gone

like they were barely even there.

I don't know. They were built before my time.

And why are you shaking?

Ellen.

- What? - I'm watching you.

Haven't you got a wife who's missing you or something?

Yeah, too much.

She wants me home.

Oh no.

No, Chai, no.

You don't need me. Rami or one of the other guys can get you the shots.

No no, this isn't done yet. Remember that guy at the hotel?

We saw him at the hotel the day after we arrived.

I recognized him from press junkets and stuff.

He's an earthquake guy. He's a seismologist.

Right.

- Simone, East Asia Press. - Simone.

Wait wait.

Simone, could you run a check for me on a Dr. Pravat Meeko?

Sure.

P-r-a-v-a-t

M-e-e-k-o.

Ladies, and gentlemen of the press--

Yeah, I'll hold.

I run an education program through a charity.

We're working with over 600 Thai children in this province.

So far I've been able to track 49 of them.

Unfortunately the aid that could be helping is not getting through.

There are Thai people up in the hills who still need the basics.

They can't go back to their villages because the clear-up hasn't got to them.

So please, come with me. I'll show you.

No no. No.

I got something bigger than that.

It better be worth it, Nick.

- Nick... - Yeah?

Okay, Dr. Pravat Meeko, former head of Thailand's Meteorology Department...

What's he doing now?

After 25 years as one of Thailand's foremost ministers,

Dr. Meeko took the post

of Deputy Director of Public Records in 1996.

That's a graveyard posting.

What the fuck did he do to get dumped there?

Love, why don't you go and wait for me?

I don't want you to have to see--

Adam, no--

Oh God.

It's Dad.

What are they?

Poisson.

What are they?

Oh...

Little fishes.

Do you want some of your drink?

Bubbles.

Bulles.

Bubbles.

Bulles.

Open your mouth.

Now these people are actually from the coast,

and they've lost their homes.

Maybe you guys can help shame the powers-that-be,

into extending their clear-up beyond the tourist resorts

so they can get back to their land.

Come on up. Just introduce yourselves.

They won't bite.

- Nice photo. - Uh-huh.

We're missing the story, Nick.

Yeah well, let someone else deal with it.

Here we go.

"Bangkok Express, February 12, 1996.

A false alarm about a tsunami hitting the west coast of Thailand

led to mass panic and the departure of many families

from their coastal homes."

He made some kind of recommendation in '96.

Where is it?

Where is it?

Whatever he said, it's not going to be on the net.

What's the Deputy Director of Public Records doing in Phuket, eh?

- Smiling and saying "I told you so." - Yeah.

Where are we going?

- Tell her I'll call her back. - Simone.

Sorry.

Dr. Meeko?

Nick Fraser.

I covered a couple of your department's press junkets

back when you worked for the government.

I'm having a little trouble getting ahold of your report,

the one where you predicted a tsunami would hit Thailand,

devastating the Andaman Coast.

What did your recommendation say, Dr. Meeko?

And why are you meeting with the very man

the government chose to replace you--

Dr. Boonma Polsak?

What matters to me is next time.

Next time?

Things might be different.

Dr. Meeko--

I was up in Khao Lak

just after it happened, and I saw things...

I hope I never see again.

Are you saying there'll be a next time?

Here.

This is where I'm staying.

Mr. Whittaker, this is-- this is Kim Peabody.

I managed to track down your mobile number.

I've-- I've called your office several times.

It's my son, you see.

He's struggling for his life.

I need my son medevaced to the U.K. now.

What does your consultant say?

That they want to amputate his leg.

I really believe under U.K. care

I wouldn't be forced to make the kind of decisions

that I am being asked to make here.

Phuket Hospital is highly respected.

It has some of the best medical teams in Thailand.

Four days and I've been calling,

and I've been asking for this flight for four days.

The good news is London has just okayed a fairly comprehensive care program

for those without travel insurance. Did you have any?

I don't know!

I don't know-- my husband did all of that.

You see, it really only applies to those without insurance.

No, Mr. Whittaker, I-I--

look, right now, you know, I'm without anything.

I have a phone card and a toothbrush.

- Perhaps family in the U.K. could-- - My mother, but she's elderly.

James was my family.

Look, now listen,

I came here with my husband and two children.

I have lost my husband,

I will not lose my son as well.

I'll come and see you now.

Mark, about Mrs. Peabody,

she's asking for immediate evacuation for her and her son. He could die.

Yes, I know-- I know that,

but he'll need a medical team on the flight.

I've told her I'll visit her tonight.

No no, I think we should do something now.

Right.

Right, okay.

- What? - We've got a meeting in 10 minutes,

temporary mortuary facilities.

Fuck. Fuck.

Um, I'll be back. I'll be back.

Thank you.

I didn't mean to disturb you.

I'm Tony Whittaker.

Yeah, Mom said you were never coming.

This is very bad. Very bad. I'm so sorry--

If you're so sorry, why can't you get him home?

- If he dies-- - Adam.

Mrs. Peabody...

- please have a chair. - No no. I've been sitting all day.

Have you got John his flight?

I am working on it.

- I'm confident we can do something. - When?

Tomorrow night at the latest.

Tomorrow night.

All right, I shall hold you to that.

It's good to hear your voice, Dad.

Tell Mom...

tell her we'll be home soon.

All right?

- Where are you staying? - This place just above Phuket.

Bit of a trek from the beach, isn't it?

Yeah, that's the idea.

Did you see that-- that guy

got his kid today?

- Swedish. - Yeah yeah.

How great must that be?

Yeah.

I keep thinking if I just look a few more yards,

you know, if I-- if I just check one more list.

Wouldn't that be something if she just was...?

You know, so you keep looking.

You keep looking, and you go back to the same hospitals

and the same temples and the same lists.

And every day there are less and less

new people coming in,

but you can't give up.

You know, I can't give up. Would you?

Would you?

No, if it was me, I'd look.

And I'd look again.

But if I was honest with myself...

I was in this village today

just beyond Khao Lak.

This guy-- he's all that's left of his village.

Ban Kaw Tai. It's called Ban Kaw Tai.

It's completely wiped out.

You know, and he's-- he's working all day

on this crappy little shelter,

like his-- like his life depended on it,

and a water hole.

He's watching these big fuck-off bulldozers

coming closer and closer,

and he thinks they're...

they're after his land.

What?

And maybe somewhere...

they're just going to build right over them.

Who?

Who's going to build right over them?

I don't know.

I don't know.

Get up.

Oh shit.

Hi.

Hi.

You stink.

It has been said.

Are you drunk?

No.

Buddha.

Picked up backpacking with your friends when you were 18.

- You are drunk. - No, I'm not.

This is a tragedy.

Run-on lists.

Put them down.

You checking your numbers...

your stats?

All those drowned guests.

They're clearing land ready to rebuild, all along Khao Lak.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Barely been a week... and they're flattening land.

The villagers think they're going to steal it off them.

- You should get some sleep. - Who's doing it, Ellen?

- I don't know. - You sure?

- Yeah. - Really?

Mm-hmm.

'Cause it's really beautiful there.

It's not hard to imagine someone wanting to build on it.

- Stop it. - What?

Stop it.

Well, I'm sorry.

Force of habit.

- Just looking for a place to lie. - Nick--

I'm sharing a room with a farting creature

who hogs the shower, snores like a tractor.

He's not fucked up.

He's a good guy.

He's got this baby, must be what...?

I don't know how old he is, but I never asked.

He's about this big.

And he talks to it.

He calls in to speak to his wife every day,

and at the end he talks this gobbledygook to this...

...baby.

What is it that makes men so fucking nuts...

about their kids? And then I think,

my dad did that to me, once;

held me in his hands,

looked down at me, saw a tiny little piece of him.

How'd you get here, Ellen?

Backpacking. I was 21.

And I fell in love with the country.

I got to know the coastline.

I got what I needed to get this job.

Got more experience.

Came back and I never left.

- It gets under your skin. - Yeah.

- Yeah. - Something like that.

No, I-- I can't wait. I need to speak to Mr. Whittaker now.

My son is going to die.

When will he be back?

Tell him to call me, please.

Mom?

I just-- need a few more minutes.

- John's going to die. - Darling, he-- he's not going to die.

He's not going to die. I'm not going to let that happen.

I'll make the right decision for him.

I want Dad.

Yeah...

yeah, me too.

He'll hate us.

He'll know we did it to save his life.

He'll hate me.

He won't, darling.

It'll save his life.

Lizard.

Lizard.

Can you say that?

They're taking swabs...

at a couple of the temples.

For DNA,

to help identify the bodies.

We need to do that...

if Martha's not coming back...

if she's dead.

I was calling home last night when I saw you.

I just needed to hear someone's voice.

I just needed to hear...

something familiar,

something that hadn't changed.

And I was watching you with her and...

I wanted her to be Martha so badly.

But she's not.

And we have to take her back now.

A lizard.

I'll get her things.

France?

Um, parlez anglais?

She'll be fine.

Just five more minutes.

There's nothing more we can do.

I just need to know she's okay.

I'm not leaving till I know she's all right.

Excusez-moi, monsieur!

No, you're all right. Thanks, though.

- Do you speak English? - Yes.

Oh, beauty.

Are we here?

Maybe...

here.

- I bring gifts. - Thank you.

From the clean-up team?

No, but it looks like your lot lured 'em up.

Some days I think this is the only thing

- keeping that piece of crap alive. - What's one up from here?

Um, mainly fishing villages.

Is it true they're grabbing land from the villagers?

Oh, it wouldn't surprise me.

There's probably about 25 villages up and down this coastline

who at one time or another had developers knocking on their door.

This one's the frontline. This one's right next door to paradise.

Everyone wants a piece of it.

And the villagers have lived here for so many generations,

you'd think they'd have history on their side,

but something like this just washes all that away.

Doesn't matter if you've lived here for five years

or 500.

Who are they selling to? The hotels?

Yeah, probably.

That's why the sooner we get them down from the hills

and back into the villages, the better.

- Be careful where you're walking. - Thanks, love.

What's going on?

Government.

Government?

They're gonna build hotels? Gonna build hotels?

Soon, maybe.

Thanks.

Do you speak English?

Ah, sure, but this is for Dutch nationals.

Where's the U.K.?

Um...

someone told me they will be here later this afternoon.

What do we do till then?

Uh, I don't know what to say.

- I'm really sorry. - Look look,

- we've lost our daughter, okay? - Yes, I understand.

Um, you can take a little bit of spit from me?

- Uh, I can't-- - Dana, it's okay.

- We can do it. - Oh...

- Thank you. - You like to sit here?

We do saliva.

I specialize in dental identification.

We're asking families...

if they could get the dental records of the missing,

courier it over here.

It will speed up the process.

Ian Carter.

11th of December, 1972.

And you've lost...?

Martha Carter.

First of April, 1998.

She got hold of a tree.

I've been trying to work out how long she'd...

need to hold on for.

An hour, maybe?

Do you think a six-year-old...

could have held on for that long?

A grown man would struggle with that one.

She might have been able to hold on for 10, 15 minutes,

but...

no, not for an hour.

Not in that water.

Here's a number...

where we're staying.

My wife...

it's been harder.

He was only telling us the truth.

You think I mind truth? You think I want hope? I don't want hope.

I don't want to think that maybe she'll come back,

because she won't and then I am broken all over again.

Because you know, I left her with you, Ian. I trusted that--

- There was a 15-foot fucking wave! - You let her go.

We were walking back to the hotel room.

I had the keys in my hand-- I don't know what you want me to say.

You want me to say it's my fault? It is my fault.

I let her go.

It is my fault. I couldn't--

I couldn't keep hold of her.

It is my fault!

It will always be my fault, but I didn't make this happen, Susan.

I couldn't stop this happening, love, I couldn't!

Come on.

She was my baby too.

You were the one holding onto her.

Yeah.

When she stopped calling for me,

it was you she was shouting for.

And where were you, Susan?

Where the fuck were you when she needed you?

I wasn't there.

No, you weren't there.

Any of you guys want a break?

Nice work.

Thank you.

She's saying thank you. Her baby hasn't slept for two days.

I'm gonna hunt for some medical supplies-- if you want a lift?

Ian?

I'm gonna head off, if that's okay.

Yeah, do you want me to go with?

No, I'm fine. You're best here.

Kathy, could you bring back some more tarpaulin?

Bloody hell, Ian, you're gonna need a picket fence

by the time you're finished.

He knows his stuff-- Ian.

Yeah, give him a hammer and he's happy.

He's always complaining he's stuck too much in the office.

When we first started, that's all he did, worked on site.

He's always been best with his hands.

Now we've got 14 men and he hates the paperwork.

He's a Godsend.

Yeah.

Yeah, I guess.

How can you believe?

How can you believe in a God that would do this?

Um, I guess I know He can't have a grip on every corner.

Why not? I mean, isn't He all-powerful?

Isn't He this-- shining spirit

that's meant to look after us?

That doesn't sound like a nonbeliever to me.

Well, I don't believe in a God

that keeps us all safe, keep the world from harm.

Neither do I.

But I do believe He didn't do this.

You know, the world keeps turning and I don't think it's down to Him.

Hope-- that's all I've got.

Believing in something that can't be proven,

but that you're willing to trust is there.

That's what keeps me safe at night.

- What, even after this? - Yeah, even after this.

Buddhists believe that you're only on this planet for a short life,

and that you have to make the best of it.

And if you don't, or can't,

then there's always another life.

Well, just don't ask me to believe

that Martha's gonna come back as a fish or something.

To be honest, logistics has been our biggest problem.

Every hospital in Phuket now has a U.K. contact point.

Uh, right, I'll leave those better informed to take over from here.

Ah, the press is ready for you.

Yeah, I just want to pop up and see Kim Peabody's boy

and let her know the good news.

Four, please.

Certainly.

Mrs. Peabody, we've managed

to secure a medevac flight for your son in the morning.

London were pretty hard with their criteria,

but when I explained the situation--

What's he doing here?

I don't know what to say.

I wouldn't have taken you for a Methodist man.

Caught me.

Baptist mother, Catholic father,

that leaves me somewhere in between, I imagine.

You edging any closer to getting that paperwork signed for me?

Ah, I have put in calls to the relevant bodies, but--

Nah, you're okay. Everyone needs to take five once in a while.

But if you do get a chance, I've got some people who would really appreciate

a cargo full of plastic sheeting that's waiting to be picked up.

- Kathy-- - Okay okay, you've got the night off.

- Bad day? - What?

Well, people normally turn to God if they've had a bum day.

I just needed somewhere to sit and think without--

Yeah.

I get that.

I used to flatter myself

that I was actually doing something for this country.

But really, I'm just loitering...

like an uncomfortable host at the party,

making sure the right people are meeting,

that the drinks are going round.

You've been stealing?

I wouldn't call it that.

Reallocation of resources.

You'll understand.

Come on, I want to show you something.

Does it involve you driving?

I got you here this far, didn't I?

It's an early start tomorrow, Kathy.

Come on, ye of little faith.

Some are Burmese, working illegally.

Most are just poor Thais

waiting to get their lives back on track.

Home, sweet home.

You lived here?

Mm.

It's weird, what's lost and what survives.

I'm so sorry.

And this...

God knows whose this is.

They amputated John Peabody's leg today.

Oh God.

I stupidly believed that...

if I did what London said--

You can look to someone above,

but the buck stops with me.

Well, we're all guilty of that.

I've spent nearly half my life believing in...

something,

something bigger than me.

Today was the first day I suddenly thought,

maybe I'm just talking to myself,

that there really is nothing.

This is it, just me.

Why do you stay here, Kathy?

I mean, don't you have family?

Don't you have another life?

No, this is it.

This is my one shot.

So if I've got it wrong...

You know what I realized today?

I'm good at this.

This is what I'm good at-- chaos is my natural habitat.

When I look around at all the pain

and suffering and just so much disaster--

to tell you the truth, Tony, if I'm honest...

I've never felt so lonely.

And I've never felt so alive.

I'm having the best time of my life.

Is that terrible?

That this is all my life is?

No.

Yeah.

Probably.

You do the best you can.

Do better.

Sorry.

That's all right. I couldn't sleep.

Where've you been?

I walked from Ban Kaw Tai.

You walked?

As I was walking back...

I felt Martha.

I felt her.

My mind's a bit tapped at the moment,

but...

I felt her, Susie.

They found a body.

Hi. Come with me, please.

We've moved some bodies over to the containers.

They offer some protection from the heat.

The body has decomposed.

But I want you to look if you can see anything

that might identify her to you.

If you need anything...

I can't tell.

How do we know?

Swimming costume was...

it was pink with--

these flowers which--

Was she wearing flowers?

Do you know I've-- I just can't remember.

Look again.

Let's just, just-- let's stay here,

a moment...

if it is our baby.

She's so tiny.

They sent Martha's dental records.

These will help.

How long will we have to wait?

I don't know how much I can get from an initial examination.

But, maybe several hours.

Days maybe.

I can call you later at your hotel.

We'll take care of her.

Sa-wat dee kha.

- Sorry I'm a little bit late. - Oh, no problem.

- Come, join us. - Thank you.

Who's the guy?

Jesus, Nick, you freaked me out.

What's that?

It's a bar menu.

It's just a meeting.

He's an associate of someone in our Bangkok office.

Hold on.

Look.

"Tsunamis: warning signs and precautionary measures.

February, 1996, Dr. Pravat Meeko."

"Giant sea waves moving toward the coastline

generated by earthquakes beneath the sea--

- it can be assumed..." - Nick, I really--

"...that earthquakes in the Andaman Sea will affect the west coast of Thailand."

It's all marked up, see?

I've never seen it.

No, you wouldn't have, would you?

Because it's confidential.

There's a faultline that runs along the Andaman Coast.

And only half of it blew.

What about the other half?

What we saw on Boxing Day may well happen again.

We listen to the government, Nick. We have to trust them.

If they say it's fine, it's fine.

"Recommendations--

new building development should be avoided

in tsunami impact zone."

- Nick-- - They thought it might be coming

and they ignored it. Worse, they ridiculed it.

So what are you gonna do?

- You're just gonna rebuild the hotels? - Nick!

You're gonna put them right back where they were?

This country needs tourism. We build hotels, bring jobs,

bring trade, bring the dollar, the yen, the pound.

But you've got a responsibility to the people too, haven't you?

I also have responsibility to my companies, the people I work for.

Oh.

And what about Ban Kaw Tai?

You gonna build there? On land that's not even yours?

I'm just doing my job. I barely even know where Ban Kow Tai is.

It's a fishing village, Ellen!

It's got a population of 1200.

It's land that was owned by those villagers for generations.

Give me five minutes and meet me upstairs, we'll talk about it.

If there's anything I can do, I promise I will.

Mm-hm.

Look, we have 742 guests missing.

If I thought any decision I'd made

had caused even one of those deaths...

What?

What do you fucking think? Give me five minutes.

Can I have a beer, please?

- A beer? - Yes, sir.

Ian! Ian, quickly!

What's wrong?

Look!

Hey! Hey, stop stop!

Turn it off! Turn it--

There's children here! Stop!

You're going to have to move.

What's he say?

I'm very sorry for your loss.

- Kathy! - What?

But this land has been acquired.

By whom?

You have the paperwork for this?

This land belongs to SQA hotels now.

How much are they giving you?

Because it isn't enough.

Hey hey hey!

Ho, okay.

It's okay, all right.

You all right?

My great-grandfather, he fish here all his life.

My grandfather, my father,

my family die here.

I know it's hard, believe me.

But we survived.

Okay?

Okay?

Okay.

You're building on a graveyard.

Only fools believe in ghosts.

Come on.

Are you leaving, Ellen?

742 guests.

How many next time?

I hope they sue you from here to Bangkok.

I was with a woman today, she was on honeymoon.

She'd been married for three days.

She said the only thing that made it bearable

was that the last image of her husband was him smiling in paradise.

- People still want paradise. - Yeah, with a crack running through it.

Come on, Nick, look at Bali, California,

some of the most beautiful coastlines in South America,

Eastern Turkey, most of Japan.

It's a fragile world, Nick.

Dr. Meeko's recommendations were deliberately ignored

by Thai authorities who were desperate to protect

the burgeoning tourist industry.

And now the worst has happened.

Yet S.Q.A. Hotels continue to ignore the dangers

of building on a fragile coastline,

and are prepared to grab land from Thai villagers

to build even bigger resorts.

S.Q.A. property manager Ellen Webb,

E-L-L-E-N W-E-B-B,

says, quote, "We build hotels,

bring jobs, bring trade,

bring the dollar, yen and pound." End quote.

She goes on to say that she has, quote,

"a responsibility to my company,

to the people I work for.

I'm just doing my job," she says.

Nick?

It's a good story, Simone.

It's a great story.

You don't need me to rewrite it. Send it just as it is.

Well, give me five minutes to tidy it up then, all right?

...working with seismologists from all over the world

to ensure loss on this scale will not happen again.

Dr. Pravat Meeko's exit from his position

as head of the Thai Meteorological Department in the '90s

occurred under a cloud.

He had warned of the dangers of a possible tsunami

along the Andaman Coast.

He will head the new committee charged with--

You saw the news?

There's no smoking in here.

You know, my wife just put phone down on me,

didn't want me to take the job.

She'll come around.

Six years is a long time to be sidelined.

This isn't about me,

but to see an early warning system in place.

Next time, half an hour can make all the difference.

Half an hour after an earthquake happening

and every beach can be cleared from here to Sumatra.

Thanks for the report.

What report?

Better check our emails.

Okay.

You had a call.

It was a doctor-- Dutch, I think.

Are you sure?

Okay, yeah. Tomorrow.

Thanks, bye.

It's not her.

The, um...

girl had two fillings.

Booked you a taxi for 8:00.

I'm not going.

What's left of Martha is still here.

How can I go if she's still here?

I was just...

thinking about when she was born.

I was thinking about...

well just-- remembering her eyes

looking out into the world.

Do you remember that?

How do we come back from this, Suze?

Oh, I don't know.

We can't leave.

I can't stop thinking about when we flew over here

and she was sitting in the space between us.

I don't know...

it was just...

you and me and...

the three of us.

It's New Year's Eve.

Sorry, that's my handwriting, that's "E"--

Mom? Mom, he's come around again.

Excuse me.

How're you feeling?

Hello, my darling.

How are you?

Yeah, a bit better.

Yes. This still sore?

While no one will forget what they've seen

over the last six days,

out of tragedy has come

the most astonishing resilience and strength.

The overwhelming love and care of the many volunteers

who have been brought together by this sequence of events,

and the extraordinary selflessness

and compassion shown by the people of Thailand to perfect strangers

has been very very humbling.

I'm proud to have been a part of this.

None of us will go home the same.

Okay?

Thank you, Tony.

- Yeah, a moment. - Did you get all that?

Hi, is everything in order with your...

ticket here? Well, good luck.

Hi, it's Carol, isn't it?

Hi, how are you doing? Hello, and you are--?

Let me remember-- it's Anna.

Hannah! I'm sorry.

I broke your camera.

Nick.

Four columns, not bad.

That is a start, isn't it?

So I hear you're thinking of being a real journo when you grow up.

When you coming home?

Don't know, I thought I'd stick around a bit.

There's a whole thing with Burmese immigrants here I want to look into.

And then head up-- head down to Aceh...

maybe add a few more columns.

Nick?

You okay?

Yeah yeah, I'm fine.

Good.

Suk says come back soon.

- You give her my love, will you? - I will.

- All right. - Take care of yourself.

You take care too.

All right.

Than...