Uploaded December 2014 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago
Former Greens MLC Ian Cohen, from Broken Head, was about to start a surfing safari in Sri Lanka in 2004 when he was caught in the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that killed tens of thousands of people and devastated large parts of the country. This week, ten years after the disastrous event, he talks to Echonetdaily about his harrowing experience.
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Former Greens MLC Ian Cohen, from Broken Head, was about to start a surfing safari in Sri Lanka in 2004 when he was caught in the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that killed tens of thousands of people and devastated large parts of the country. This week, ten years after the disastrous event, he talks to Echonetdaily about his harrowing experience.
Video Sharon Shostak
