Koh Lanta, Boxing Day Tsunami, Thailand

[kwhalen26]

Hi There, Do you own this footage/you took it? I'm a documentary producer working on a segment for our U.S. public television network and am interested in using it in our production. Can you email so we can discuss: kwhalen26@aol.com. Thank you.

[simonslon]

What the fuck means with "Boxing day"????

[thejudah10]

Eric Walters made a book about this its called "Wave"

[chrook]

I know someone who was swimming on Lanta when this wave hit, then was almost killed by the second. Very lucky to have lived.

[theMorot123]

somwhere there is my brother... :*(

[tora107]

nooo! my homeland!

[djplayer321]

i fee bad all the people tht died

[tora107]

@djplayer321 everyone got to safety i saw i think

[rntonp]

One slip, trip, or flipflop mishap and you would have been .... My god, so close. That must have had ... I don't know which words...

[alyukr]

Am I right that there was a bigger wave coming on the horizon? I kinda saw whitecaps on 0:49

[LilMissSlipknot666]

@alyukr Yes, there was a small wave and then a bigger one with a much stronger force behind it.

[JaalaJ2]

Why were you still on the beach? Did you not see the water coming in? You're an idiot. Sorry, but it's undeniable.

[emy5651]

SHIT!!!!

[nivnah101]

how the fuck did that not get you!?

[grzesieksz]

humanity- nature = 0:1

[Enyalein1]

HOLY SHIT!

[Professor6871]

It was lucky it was early in the morning given it was Boxing Day and that beach would of probably been far crowed than it was when it.

[yourmaker74]

"don't worry, I got it all on film"

lmao

[ChrisRockindamaking]

If you can see a Tsunami you are already too late to outrun it

[OMGlikeWHOAx]

WTF Why would you go down to the beach and watch it come towards you.

[NielsShoe]

Speed of the white water coming in was like a fighter jet .

[TheManics4]

Wow! You were there? What a horrible distaster that was.

[Dorisequador]

That was nuts mnan wow good eye on that one

[PageTurner47]

Wow. Amazing the power in one of those waves. Glad you guys lived to share your story.

[ntmfilms]

holy shit

[nabam]

Lucky man,

[treble29]

A big wave!!!!

[firstvid1]

wow you're lucky!!! And good thing that wave wasent bigger...

[Nicola2005451]

why are you trying to scare people?? I see your name with this comment everytime I watch a video!

[ntmfilms]

@dimstar4now ur a little dumb kid

[mkierovolvrchango64]

0:17 to 0:18 look at the speed of the wave!

[Nicola2005451]

@mkierovolvrchango64 its crazy how fast it is!! This is the first video iv seen where you can see the full speed, so scary, RIP

[JamesOldm]

its almost unbelievable

[glittergirl230]

You should be grateful alot of ppl in thailland have drowned, or smashed from these monster waves you were like 5 secs from dying on the bridge your are lucky!

[Thelistener60]

If he had been further down that beach when that tsunami appeared he might of not been so lucky.

[ronpavlodar]

brigido

[bengmansbeverfarm]

seven seconds away from death by tsunami, that's pretty good timing imho

[MrCcake]

wait you were in the tsunami

[Coopa12345678]

Far you were lucky, that bridge is not thea once the wave hit, timed your run well, thats scary as

[ghostbusters234]

holly makaronet thats scary!

[italoman9]

Fuck!

[legio801]

One of the greatest tsunami videos I have ever seen. It really illustrates the power of a few meters high wave. But of course this is not a normal wave, its a superfast unfolding tsunami, a killer.

[tippitytop1]

these were lucky ones

[Thelistener60]

Others weren't so lucky as that chap with camera.

[reneestegers]

WTF

[cthulhu11111111]

ppl dont seem to apreciate how fast water sweeps along when the wave lands and end up too close

[qajude20]

wow no c pero tan grande la ola y llego hasta ay nada mas??? ay no c de momento como q lo vi como d mentiras no c.......pero eso era para trepar c en el barcon el agua ay no c deja veerlo otra vez .......hmmmmmm

[williamv0123]

That is some of the most amazing footage I have seen of this event to date. You are to be commended for capturing it...and escaping certain death.

[evrgrnn5280]

at :18 you really see how fast the wave was when it was coming over the beach... no chance of outrunning that.

[clamcrabber]

that wave was moving so fast, this video really captures it.

[TheSimMan]

Wow. Those people have had been in trouble if it were'nt for that moat-like thing surrounding the cafe.

[george223323]

here is Lanta IL-mare isnt it??

[johnparish999]

yes it was the lanta il mare beach resort

[luisabiu]

komo no les salio grande la ola!1haber si se se hiban a estar riendo!

[METROGNOME57]

At least this person had the good sense to RUN uphill after seeing the wave!

[nitesXmoon]

the begining was kinda funny

"holy shit"

but it's not good about the wave

[turner60]

Thank God nobody was on that part of the beach when that Tsunami wave struck.

[Zarfia360]

omg good thing he ran before it got any closer. That was scary, and it also looked like there was another tsunami coming to.

[turner60]

Sometimes the sea doesn't recede before a tsunami hits the coast and this is a case in point.

[turner60]

That's scary that it was lucky that man with the video camera got away when he did.

[phfoxx]

Holy... why is this published now and not earlier???

[johnparish999]

beacuase i only found it on an old pc of mine, almost forgotten i had it

[xxeleloverxx]

omg goodness thats horible!! x

[gusemcontra]

Bloody hell...there are so many videos of Koh Lanta, and I gather this was just the beginning.

[johnparish999]

yes it was the first wave of 3

[beauiful94]

wow, see at the end hows theres another wave coming? flip they were lucky!

[turner60]

Shame he didn't carry on filming the second wave or third Tsunami when they came in.

[johnparish999]

you are right that there was 3 waves that hit us, but by the start of the second wave we were packing up our stuff and in pickup trucks heading for the hills!

[Princefaggot]

haha holy fuck