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- ‘ur holiday to Burma will haunt us forever’
- Daily Times – Site Edition
- The Peninsula n-line: Qatar’s leading English Daily

‘ur holiday to Burma will haunt us forever’
Independent nline – May 17, 2008
“We had heard there was a storm before we arrived they were saying something like 300 people had died. We had no idea we would be coming back to something that resembled a war zone” said Peter. Their plane arrived at Rangoon’s airport at the same time the first relief flight from Thailand brought supplies. The couple noticed the plane and the military officers surrounding it but did not consider it out of the ordinary given the country’s volatile political climate. But as soon as they entered the city by now ripped apart by the storm they started to get a better perspective. “We were sitting with other tourists watching the news and we heard that thousands had died. We were shocked everyone fell silent” said Sandra… Their guide then took them through the ravaged city showing them the extent of the damage. Homes were wrecked trees lay across roads and desperate survivors scrabbled in the ruins searching for family members or friends. The manager of their hotel told them 15 staff members had not returned to work after the cyclone their whereabouts unknown. The driver the couple had used during their stay days earlier had also disappeared. A doctor at the local hospital told them urgent medical supplies were depleting fast. At that stage they only had paracetamol and plasters left. “It was completely surreal.

Daily Times – Site Edition
Daily Times – May 17, 2008
Daily Times – Site Edition [Printer Friendly Version]. The brothers helped negotiate a smoke-filled corridor with wet towels wrapped around their faces as the flames raged at a hotel in Bordeaux where they were taking part in a second-tier Challenger event. The twins helped the wife and son of Argentine doubles specialist Lucas Arnold Ker to escape. “I told my brother to grab his passport and computer and get out” Sanchai said. But the brothers then ignored their own safety to help Yannina Ker and her five-year-old son Nacho who were in danger.

The Peninsula n-line: Qatar’s leading English Daily
Peninsula n-line – May 17, 2008
In A1 you go to every race and you have a chance to win. In Formula ne unless you are in the top three teams it’s very very difficult. ” Thailand twins hailed as heroes PARIS Thailand tennis twins Sonchat and Sanchai Ratiwatana have been hailed as heroes for helping guests escape a terrifying hotel blaze. The brothers helped negotiate a smoke-filled corridor with wet towels wrapped around their faces as the flames raged at a hotel in Bordeaux where they were taking part in a second-tier Challenger event. The twins helped the wife and son of Argentine doubles specialist Lucas Arnold Ker to escape. But the brothers then ignored their own safety to help Yannina Ker and her five-year-old son Nacho who were in danger. “The Ratiwatanas put towels in water and gave one to me and one to my son to put over our nose and mouth” Yannina told www.

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