- Surfer Martin Markwell had always dreamed of catching
a really big wave but when it finally came along, it turned into a nightmare.
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- He was paddling on his surfboard on Sunday off the Hikkaduwa
resort on Sri Lanka's southern coast when he was swept up by a tsunami
and sent crashing over a beach and into a hotel restaurant.
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- "It was really terrible because I was surfing on
a wave I wasn't supposed to be on," said Mr Markwell, 38, from Porthcawl,
south Wales. "As an experienced surfer, when I saw the wave come I
realised something was wrong, but I couldn't escape because my surfboard
was tied to my ankle."
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- His wife Vicki and son Jake looked on in horror from
a hotel balcony. Miraculously, he managed to stay on his board until he
reached the hotel, jumped off and waded to safety as the ocean rolled back
to feed a much larger tsunami on its way.
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- The family regrouped and ran inland to safety.
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- Guardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers Limited
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