The BFA needs US$200,000 to buy new vehicles to continue EMS education, training and rescue work in Thailand. Secondly, we need a sponsor to provide running costs of (US$1600) to do this in order to run them 24 hours/7 days a week.
Photos: Tsunami
Tsunami
Tsunami 2005: The day that changed our lives
Hotel were I found my first body of a child
Patong last swim
Makeshift Morgue at Patong Hospital
Phuket hotel Japanese girls search
Tsunami "Bang Muang Temple" (Day 1: arrival at 8pm)
Tsunami: "Bang Muang" When would the bodies stop coming!?
The Fields of Dead
Tsunami: "Bang Muang" Bodies baking in the hot sun with no end in sight
News for my family
News for my family
News for my family
Tsunami: This photo I took is now famous in Thailand represented the unity of the 2 biggest rescue groups
Thousands of obsolete coffins were eventually burnt
Refrigerated containers were brought in and lined with wood and metal shelving
The last day of school for hundreds of children from Ban Nam Khem
Many of the best friends I have today I met in the Tsunami
The first bodies to arrive were the last to leave, they were the hardest to clean up after 2 weeks in the sun!
Tsunami force: several tonnes of metal boat shoved 1.5km inland!
Tsunami: Over 12 meters high in PangNga compared to 3 meters in Phuket
Khao Lak: Before and after
My bed for 2 weeks at Bang Muang School using the sheets for collecting the dead as bedding
Final days of Bang Muang Temple: "The Pit" for Thai bodies
Great work keep it up, we should all try to do more for the unfortunate.
Hi Marko,
You are an inspiration to Ambulance Officers both Paid and Volunteer. I am a St John ambo in the Manawatu for last 5 years. Just made the transition to paid staff. I read your book at xmas this year and realised how good we have it here. I watched your closeup piece on tvnz last night. I hope one day I might be able to come to Bangkok and experience some of what you do. Keep safe in this time of upheaval.
Regards
Tim Wallace