Hello? Hello?
Christ.
Help!
Over here!
Help!
I couldn't find any of you.
How far did we drift?
It was about a kilometer maybe.
That's some freaky pull.
You couldn't see anything, just a load of bubbles.
I reckon he probably got drunk
- and fell asleep on his lilo. - We're too far out.
Jesus!
Christ.
We've come too far down. We must have.
That's the hotel.
John, John!
Martha, where are you?
Hurry up, there may be another wave.
No no no!
Wait! Ian!
John!
Dad, Dad!
Ian!
- Dad! - John!
Martha!
Ian!
Oh my God. Martha... Ian!
Daddy-- Daddy.
Hey, you.
- You forgot to post the paychecks. - Oh no, I did it today.
Don't worry. Look at that.
What do you think, sweetheart? Look at that.
What do you think, baby?
Listen, take her. I'm just going to check in.
Right.
What's first? What are we doing first?
- Swimming. - Swimming.
You have the passports, darling?
Stop it.
Adam, help your brother.
Sa-wat dee kha.
Excuse me, I was about to--
Uh...
That's fine. Go ahead.
- Are you sure? - Yeah.
Merry Christmas.
- Carters. - Yes, thank you.
- Don't embarrass me. - Chill, Mom.
Come on, bring the bags.
Hi!
Sorry, I'm late.
Hey, hey... what are you doing?
You've lost a button.
Than! Get those plates to table two.
Yes, ma'am.
Cheers, my darling.
One two three--
Wobbly custard.
Oh, that's great.
That'll make Granddad jealous.
I told you this would be more fun than skiing.
I'm telling you again,
we came here to dive.
Shit.
Thank you.
Okay okay. I'll go diving.
Are you sure they have a mask that fits you?
Not too early.
You shouldn't tease him like that.
It's his holiday too.
Two weeks in a luxury resort--
that boy's got nothing to complain about.
Oh, no no no. Not that one.
I think that's us.
- I don't think Daddy likes that music. - Yeah, let's go.
You won't get up in time.
What? Are you scared of the water?
No, I'm not scared of the water-- I told you.
- You're just like Dad. - What?
- Seriously, no-- - Come with me.
No...
What do you reckon?
Ooh.
No rush hour and you get to see dolphins.
Go on, you go. I left my snorkel at home anyways.
Yeah?
Just...
don't get eaten by sharks.
- There aren't any sharks. - Oh yeah.
Whale sharks. Native to Thailand.
Also known as blah chalalam nah.
Hey hey hey. No no no.
If you watched a little bit more TV, see--
- you'd know. - Blah belplsey?
No no no-- blah chalalam nah.
Blah blah blah.
- Hello, friend. - Hi, hi.
- Not in bed yet? - No-- just listening to the radio.
- I'm on my way home. - Good night then.
Grandma...
You stink of fried fish. Give me your shirt to wash.
- I have something for you. - Thank you.
You're up early!
Hurry up-- you have to go to school.
- Thank you, Grandma. - Have a good day.
Goodbye.
Hurry-- eat up and then you can go to school.
That's kind of doing it for me actually.
Oh, no ice cream before lunch.
What are you on about?
Beach equals ice cream.
That's like toast without butter.
No, I'm not talking about Martha.
No no. You've got to be kidding.
Oh, who are they?
That's us swimming in the sea.
Oh yeah? Where are the sharks?
- Shh. - Come on. Teeth.
- Right, I'm off. - All right.
In front.
In back.
Hello.
- Am I late? - Don't worry, it's okay.
What are you looking at?
Come on-- clear the tables.
Excuse me.
Could we wait for my husband please?
Sorry, we really have to get going.
Great.
- Hi, hello. - Hi.
- Hello. - Hello.
Bye, Mommy.
So we're going to say hello to Mommy.
- Mommy! - Hello hello.
- Hello, Mommy. - Bye bye.
Come on, hurry up!
You gonna say hello to Granddad?
- Hello, Granddad. - Hello, Granddad.
The fish are all funny.
Yeah.
- Daft buggers. - Buggers?
Hey, don't let your mother hear you say that, okay?
Come on, oh, seriously. Seriously, all right?
Let's go get your water wings.
John!
Why the hell didn't Mom wake us?
- She did but we ignored her. - What?
What's happened to the sea?
It's cool.
What fish is Nemo?
- Well, he's blue so-- - Orange.
- Well, he's blue so-- - Orange!
- Hi. - Good morning.
- I'd have Nemo with chips. - No, Daddy.
A little bit of ketchup. Oh...
What's happening, Daddy?
Daddy Daddy?
Come on!
Get in, get in! Come on!
Daddy, Daddy.
Don't let go!
Don't let--
Martha! Hold on!
Martha, hold on!
Daddy!
- Daddy! - Martha, hold on!
- Hold the tree! - Daddy, save me!
Hold it, Martha! Hold the--
- Daddy! - Hold the tree! Grab the tree!
Grab the tree!
Hold on, Martha!
That's it, baby! Hold on!
Hold on!
Hold on, baby!
Hold on! Hold tight!
- Mommy! - Hold on, Marth--
Guys, guys. A bit of hush in the back.
Thank you.
So I've asked myself, how is it
that I've ended up lumbered with you lot over Christmas?
I mean, what a ragbag collection of waifs and strays we are.
You know, we're going to be found out one of these days.
I mean, just look at it.
As many of you know, my ex-wife used to say,
"You might as well be married to the job."
All I can say is it's been a very happy affair.
And it's time for some thank yous:
To the lovely Sue, for keeping my diary in shape;
And to all of you who are committed to working so hard
with the people of Thailand.
I certainly couldn't do my job without you.
So to those of us
- who haven't skived off on holiday... - Hi.
...I'd like to raise my glass of festive fizz
and wish you all a very happy Christmas.
Happy Christmas!
Alec, this is Tom Philips, who's recently joined us.
Hello, Tom. Nice to meet you.
Lovely children, they're from the coastal villages. Aren't they fantastic?
Absolutely charming.
I think the...
little one's meant to be the evil twin.
Will you excuse me?
Reports are sketchy,
but it seems to have hit Indonesia and Sri Lanka first.
- Bev? - Drafting in everyone she can.
The phones have gone ballistic.
And here, Patong and possibly Krabi.
Ah, I've already had calls from CNN, BBC World, and uh--
- Put London straight through. - Sir.
Robert, Christine, both Peters are out of the country.
Daniel and his girlfriend are on holiday.
Well, call him in. We're gonna need his input on this.
No one's answering. They were staying near Phuket.
We're gonna need more phone lines.
Get one of Hanuman's boys to set that up as soon as possible.
The emails coming in have crashed the system.
London...
line one.
Mark?
What have you got for me?
Yes, I'm just looking.
Christ.
Yeah?
Nick, Nick, turn on the TV.
Some kind of wave's hit the south.
Chaku Chak Park, 10 minutes, okay?
Suk?
Simone wants us to cover it.
Simone fired me, right?
You got your job back.
It's Christmas. I swung it.
Don't be late, they're closing the airport.
Where are we going?
Phuket. Look, I'm serious, don't be late, okay?
Ah.
Help--
Help me!
Martha!
Somebody help me!
Martha!
Higher ground.
We have to go higher ground.
- Martha! - Maybe second wave coming.
There more wave.
Martha!
Everything gone.
Run, run!
We must get to safe place.
She was holding the tree.
Martha!
They have gone to higher ground.
Please?
- If it come again-- - Martha!
Martha!
We take Jim's car. Bev, Sue and the others will follow.
You sure there's no way we can fly?
The runway at Phuket's been hit pretty bad.
They've cleared a section. There's a couple of flights
leaving Bangkok as we speak but you won't make it.
I think the plan is to shut it down completely
until they're sure it's safe to land.
Oh, Kathy, Kathy Graham, Rama Kids.
Ah, you head up the Education Outreach.
Yeah.
Which brought you your entertainment today.
Yeah, we're working with villages all along the Phuket coastline.
We don't know how many of them have been hit yet.
Joe, I'll drive.
I can't get through to any of my colleagues down there.
12 hours is the best I can do.
Well, 11 if you know the back roads.
You will need to do press along the way, sir.
BBC want a live link.
Rama Kids, that a Christian organization?
Mm-hmm. But I promise no smells,
bells or songs for the duration of the journey.
Come on?
All right. Okay, let's get going.
Yes, sir!
You can't mess this one up, Nick.
Simone's still sore from Burma.
She really made me sweat to get you this gig.
All right. It was one lost weekend.
It was a month. I bailed you.
- What, are you still sore at me? - Yeah.
- Thank you, sir. - Thank you very much.
She...
Where is it?
Have to get away.
If the wave come again--
I can't just leave her!
Martha!
Martha? Martha!
Please...
please... my son.
Jesus Christ.
John.
He need to go to hospital.
John.
Please?
My wife...
was in the water.
I have to find them.
No, I have to find them.
They look for you on higher ground.
Everyone moving to higher ground.
John.
One, two...
One, two, three!
Where are they?
One, two...
Susie!
Were you with my wife?
Khao Lak? On the boat?
Khao Lak! Were you on the boat?
- Was there any kind of warning sign? - You could hear it.
Like lots and lots of crashing glass. We just ran.
And you said that the wave...?
The wave was high. Three-- three floors, something like that.
Mm-hmm. Hang on one sec.
- Simone? - Welcome back. No fuckups this time.
Yeah.
Hang on a sec.
Yeah, Phuket Airport, scenes of exodus
synonymous with a war-torn country;
Evacuation flights
so far being laid on only by the Thais.
Nothing in or out until the end of the day.
There's talk of another wave, currently unfounded,
though it looks like this one ricocheted down the coast.
Uh, we're talking... 10 feet.
15 feet.
Maybe more, actually.
Z.N.P. are reporting figures of 10, maybe 20 were students?
Z.N.P. are talking out of their ass.
We're the first foreign press down here.
There's a couple of local news crews. They got some interviews.
Okay, I want casualty figures,
numbers of dead.
Nick?
Simone?
- Nick! - My cell's fucked.
What's that?
Best I could do. Come on, get in.
Phuket's the nearest hospital.
Get some shots over there.
Stop leaning so far back, you're pulling us over.
Shut up and drive.
You--
you served us at the hotel, yeah?
I was with my daughter. She's--
she's about this high.
Cocoa Pop, banana...
play under table.
Yeah.
I told her to hold on.
She was holding on.
My wife... was diving.
If she was in the water between 9:00 and 10:00 then...
What was it?
I don't even know what it was.
He need to drink.
There you go.
My son...
John.
How is John?
My wife. She was with Adam.
We need to get back to the main road.
He has to get to a hospital.
You must have relatives. I have to find my family.
- Nice deep breath. - Come on.
You need someone to look at that cut.
My village back there.
My grandmother won't leave without me.
You get to hospital, look for wife and daughter.
See ya.
- Than. - Thank you.
Has anybody seen my wife?
She's dark-skinned.
She's got curly hair, about 5'9"?
My daughter, uh...
Martha, Martha Carter.
She-- uh, she's six years old.
I left her holding a tree in Khao Lak.
She was wearing a pink swimming costume.
Picked up baby on the truck ahead.
About six years old?
Yeah, about six.
That's her.
We're-- we're on our way down right now.
There's a Liverpudlian man, he can't locate his wife or his son.
Well, perhaps you can find a contact point?
I'm being told Phuket town hall.
Now how far are you from the--?
Well, perhaps if you can find a hotel?
Yes, I see.
Yeah, I'm sorry. I-- I am truly sorry,
I don't know what you do tonight.
Until our systems are in place, it's impossible for us to--
I can't afford to deal with everyone individually.
- We'd get nowhere. - Hang on. Here he is.
Who is it?
Ah, Miles, hi.
I'll go this way.
- Simone? - The main cellphone networks are down.
- Where are you? - Phuket-- Phuket Hospital.
Okay, what you got?
A number of Westerners dead. I counted...
20 already. I got thr-- three kids--
one, two, three, four, five--
nine women, and...
well, the rest are men.
Age range between 20 and a couple of really old guys.
Hey.
Yeah, thanks.
Red Cross.
Just drafting in backup.
Nick, Nick!
Whoa.
Sorry.
I couldn't hold on to him.
I couldn't.
It came up to the third floor.
- Where were you, love? - Khao Lak.
In Khao Lak?
Oasis Hotel, Khao Lak.
Chai?
It's Khao Lak!
The relief's getting in, why can't we?
What are you hiding from us, mate?
Here.
Anybody here lose family?
Are you from an embassy?
My-- my daughter, Martha Carter.
She's been seen in a truck up ahead, and my wife Susan Carter.
I haven't found her yet.
Are you from an embassy?
Did anybody actually see the wave hit?
- Are you press? - Yeah.
Go away.
- Go away! - Chai?
Chai?
Hey!
Hey hey!
Jesus Christ.
Have you seen my grandmother...?
- My sister's children? - I found it.
I found it...
Ya?
Help... we need help.
- Please help us - It's okay...
I'll get someone.
I'll get you some help.
Hey!
Easy, we're press. We're press.
Let's go, let's go! Nick!
Let's go. Nick, come on!
Nick!
Nick, come here. You okay?
Ah!
Let's go. Nick, come on!
Ahhhh!
Jesus.
Where are they taking them?
I don't know. Come on, come on.
We've been at the hospital.
They told us to come here. Check your list again.
I'm looking for my father, James Robert Peabody.
11th of the 11th, '60.
And my brother John David Peabody. 10th of the 9th, '88.
It's useless.
- Look at this place. - Adam.
We just need to keep searching.
Adam, don't-- excuse me.
Be careful.
I'll just be a minute.
I'm gonna check something.
There, Nick, over there.
Chai.
Jesus.
It stinks.
You count Westerners, I'll count Thai.
Okay okay.
Come on, man, have some respect.
Your phone-- what network are you on?
How much? To buy your SIM-card?
No.
No no no!
No, you can't do this. You can't burn these people.
You can't burn these people.
Do their-- do their family know?
Do their family know?
- You okay? - Take a photo!
Take a photo, they're burning people!
They're burning...
Jesus.
Chai, take a picture.
Chai, take the fucking picture.
Have you identified these people?
Have you told their families?
They're trying to stop infection. There's too many of them.
Just take the fucking picture, Chai.
There's plenty of shots around the front.
Take the fucking picture.
- Take the fucking-- - Give it back, Nick!
- Give it back. - Fuck you.
- Give it back. - Fuck!
For fuck's sake.
This is what they do, Nick.
They're monks.
What difference does that make?
Nothing's moving.
The driver thinks there is a small clinic in the hills.
In the other way. They may have a doctor there.
No no, he needs a proper hospital. He needs proper medical--
We should leave him here, at the temple.
No. They're burning bodies.
He won't be safe here. His family...
they'll wanna bury him.
I have to find my family.
Make sure he's okay.
His name's James.
He was staying at the Khao Lak Oasis.
Don't leave him here.
Oliver! Go!
Run! Run! The police are here!
It's just milk!
It's not for me.
I'm heading back to my village.
There are people trapped...
I can't find anyone to help.
You've been stealing from the tourists?
No-- they're my grandmother's...
They took her body away.
I'm looking for my wife.
Oh...
I-I-- I saw... a bed, it was empty.
Where do I go?
Ah...
Hang on a sec.
They're burning unidentified bodies, Simone.
I saw... a woman,
a child. I saw two men.
- Westerners? - Yeah, Thais, too.
There's 50 or 60 bodies lined up, ready to go.
- Okay, Chai got shots? - Yeah, we'll send them to you now.
Shots from the beach, give her those.
Back off, Nick.
They're burning Westerners, Chai.
- They're dead. - I got the shot.
- It's my camera. - Those people have families, Chai.
You felt the heat today. The monks have to protect the living,
and those bodies will spread infection.
Yeah well, we like our bodies in a box.
It's more than just a souvenir to take home.
Families like to gather together, say goodbye...
...maybe even say the odd prayer.
It's what we call a funeral.
Don't patronize me. We syndicate that shot--
- It's a good shot. - It says we don't care.
You don't get it because you don't live your life like we do.
To us, the body is just a vessel, what carries us through this life.
And when it dies, the spirit's released into the next.
I'm sorry, Chai.
You saw the monks helping people.
You saw them praying. But who cares about that as long as you get the shot?
- It'll stop it. - People will look at that shot,
and even though it's fine for you to come here for holidays
and drop your tabs on the beach and love the food, yeah?
- That shot-- - It'll make governments listen.
It slams us right back into the Third World,
and that's fine for you. You're not Thai.
I need a photo of my wife and daughter.
I'm sorry?
I need to use a phone.
Oh.
Here you go.
I sent one to my dad yesterday.
Want me to do that for you?
- It's U.K.? - Yeah.
It's London. 0-2-0-7--
Mm-hmm.
Now it's ringing.
Hi, Dad.
Right.
BBC, CNN, Asian News, they're all here.
Grab your powder puffs, ladies.
Right, we need to get our office set up.
Tony?
I'll set up a press briefing, A.S.A.P.
No, I'd like to hit the hotel first. Maybe a quick debrief.
Make sense of how we're gonna coordinate things.
You're kidding, right?
Tony, you're not going to be seeing a hotel room for quite awhile.
They have it upstairs.
Okay?
Well, the Aussies look pretty settled.
Where do we sit?
I think people have got a grip on what's actually happened here.
Excuse me, excuse me.
Joe, clear all that stuff, will you?
Are you from the British consul?
Look, we're gonna need some sort of flag--
- Helen! - Maybe some notepaper.
And coffee-- I'm gonna need coffee.
Where the fuck have you been?
I lost my son and my daughters.
All right, all right, one at a time, please. Just one at a time.
Joe, Joe, Joe!
What's your name, sir?
We're-- we're gonna need some more volunteers.
All right, all right, please--
Thanks.
We were just standing on the beach.
We went back 'cause--
my wife...
she always wants her to wear her water wings.
She was holding on to a tree.
She's only six, but she's--
she's got a real strong grip.
What do you think?
She was holding on to a tree.
I'd say your kid's still alive.
"I'd say your kid's still alive"?
...arriving here in the disaster zone.
Britain's representative, Tony Whittaker,
arrived early this morning, and is here with me now.
Do you as yet have any figure
as to how high the death toll could climb?
It's really too early to say, but what is clear
is that this is a catastrophe for Thailand,
and indeed the whole of the Andaman Coast.
Right now, we're trying to assess which areas have been worst hit.
- Khao Lak looks very bad. - Are you aware that bodies
are being burned in the temple just outside of there?
- There are a number of rumors-- - No, I've seen the bodies.
Westerners and Thais being cremated without identification.
I-- I'm following it up. But, it's my understanding
that no Western bodies are being cremated.
Their focus is very much
on the identification, preservation and return
- of those bodies to loved ones. - The Thai government--
That's really all we have time for. There's a lot to do.
Get London on the phone.
Excuse me? Excuse me, I'm--
we're-- I'm trying to find my husband and my son,
but nobody-- nobody seems to know where we should be.
Have you tried talking to your tour operator?
I don't have a tour operator. We organized this holiday ourselves.
We're hoping to arrange some evacuation flights,
but at the present it's impractical.
Is that Mark?
- Uh-- - Mark?
Nice one, Mom.
If you can head back to Krabi,
I'll head up as far North as I can.
Let's cover five villages each today.
That's fifteen between us.
Hi, Kathy speaking.
Mm-hmm?
I'm looking for my father and my brother.
Here, take this.
I don't want a bar of soap.
Adam, look, calm down.
They could be dead.
Hey hey.
I don't need a bar of soap.
No, but you do need some sleep.
Across the street and to the left, they've opened up
the college gym. You can get a bed and a hot shower.
You should take all you can right now.
You don't know how long it's gonna last.
Thank you, thanks.
It's James...
sorry.
It's okay.
James Robert Peabody.
11th of the 11th, 1960;
and John David Peabody, 10th of the 9th, '88.
Yes, they're on the list.
Okay.
Thank you.
Next, please.
We're moving. Joe's found us a proper office
around the corner with air conditioning.
You got room for another one?
It's really just for U.K. use.
I've got 600 children missing, Tony.
So far I know 12 of them are still alive.
It's a bit rough and ready.
"Chaos is a friend of mine."
It's Bob Dylan.
So what are you saying?
No one's picking up the story.
You're kidding me?
There are no Westerners on the photo.
There was a woman, she had light brown hair...
she's probably European.
Yeah, she looks black, bloody and dead.
Look, your word isn't enough for anyone to print it. It's too risky.
They're burning Thais. Adds up to the same thing.
They're incinerating people without identification.
It's been stopped. Someone yelled at the Thais.
Reuters just tipped me off.
The story's done. Move on.
People need evidence.
I gave you evidence.
Next Christmas I'm going to Malibu.
This is a 20-minute walk.
15 if you're brisk.
You're not worried that people won't be able to find you?
Phone sockets, internet points.
We've got more volunteers arriving tomorrow. They'll need every line.
We can field calls, relatives can make "missing" posters.
You'll need a contact point in every hospital.
Yeah, I think if we make this our base...
Khao Lak is over an hour away.
It's a long way to walk if you've lost your family
and all your money and don't speak Thai.
Just an observation.
Good good. If you want to get some tea going?
Call's just come through. Attaché's arriving at 4:00.
Hello?
Yeah.
I'm lost.
Come. Come sit down.
I need to get back to my village!
There are people trapped...
Please... Please let me out.
Is this it?
Came through from your dad.
Shall I?
They're some of my kids.
I work with an education program,
mainly in the fishing villages.
Those are the ones we've found so far.
- That's good. - It's a start.
Maybe you should try and get some sleep?
Ian!
Oh my God!
Susan!
Susan, I thought you were dead.
I thought-- I thought you-- I thought you were dead.
The boat came back, everything was gone.
Everything-- the chalet, the hotel,
it was all gone. Where's Martha?
She was with you.
We were-- we were coming back to the hotel. She got hold of a tree,
I don't know where she is.
No no, she's alive. Susan, Martha's-- Martha's alive.
This guy, he said he saw her, just outside--
- What guy saw her? - This guy.
She wasn't letting go.
Nothing was gonna make her let go, see?
She's alive. We're gonna find her.
Baby...
- never leave me again. - No.
You never leave me.
Oh no.
We're gonna find her, baby.
We're gonna find her.
- Hi, Ralph. - Hey, Nick.
Ron.
Wanker.
Here.
Thanks.
How come is all the palm trees still standing
and the buildings are gone?
There you are. Do we have a rebuilt timeline?
Too early to tell.
- You've got figures? - 700 missing.
At Khao Lak Oasis, the occupancy was around 300.
Jesus.
I need to get more information.
Right.
Let's go.
- Let's go. - I'm not done.
You okay?
Here.
Put some of this around your nose.
It helps with the smell.
Thanks.
Ellen. Ellen Webb.
I work for S.Q.A. Hotels, managing their properties down here.
Nick Fraser, East Asia Press.
I was just here a couple of weeks ago.
We've got hotels all over the world, but this place--
Mm.
this was really special.
People come here to forget the shit in their lives and then this happens.
700 missing guests,
that's a lot of unpaid room service, isn't it?
That's not what I meant.
Will you be offering some kind of compensation package?
I just manage the properties.
I just gotta-- I've just gotta see someone.
- Hi. - Hi.
We were staying at the same hotel.
Yeah.
Everyone is calling this a natural disaster.
I don't know what's natural about something
that flips the world on its head.
People monitor earthquakes, don't they?
It doesn't make sense.
Your husband's dead.
He, um, he died en route to the hospital.
Yesterday.
About...
it was late.
I don't know where his body is.
I had to leave him
just north of Khao Lak.
I'm sorry.
Mom!
There's a John Peabody at Takua Pa Clinic.
He's injured, but--
Please...
don't tell my son yet.
Please.
We're going that way.
Someone said they're burning the bodies.
What do you mean?
The monks. They're trying to clear space.
- There's too many dead-- - Adam. Stop it.
- Dad's not here. - We need to take care of John now.
Dad was half cut when we left him.
It probably hit him when he was still in bed--
- I'm sorry, Mom. - I'm sorry.
- Dad'll be okay. - I have to go.
Take it, take it.
Susan, Susan!
Susan!
We need to deal with John now.
And Daddy...
he'd want me to look after John.
Susan! Don't go in there, babe.
What if she's dead, Ian? What if they've burned her body?
Well, you'd just left the beach.
You'd already-- you'd already been swimming.
She was wearing her water wings.
No, we were going back to the room. I'd left them in the room.
She wasn't wearing them?
I had her in my arms.
You let go?
She got hold of a tree.
If we go back...
You didn't feel it, Suze.
You couldn't.
If we go back to the tree...
Come on, baby.
We'll find her, we'll find her, baby.
Come on, come on.
Come on.
Careful.
Excuse me?
Excuse me, I'm sorry, I'm looking for my son?
Do you speak English?
Mom.
Tony. There's a boy at a clinic in Takua Pa.
John Peabody, 16 years old, he's badly injured.
His mother called while you were out and she needs a flight evacuation.
There are spaces on the commercial charters if need be.
Do people know that?
The second team arrive tomorrow.
I'll post someone out there as soon as it's feasible.
His mother's pretty distressed.
We have limited resources, Kathy. I have to coordinate the volunteers
- as best as I can. - Yeah, I know but--
Why don't you just let me get on with my job
- and you get back to yours? - Kathy?
They've arrested some of the villagers
for looting food and water.
I can get an official down here.
One phone call.
Have they been given food and water?
Does anyone need a lift to their village?
I need to get to Kaw Tai village...
They took Grandmother's bracelets...
No, Mr. Whittaker's not here at the moment.
What time will he be back?
He's on an inspection tour, but there is an open meeting
tonight at the town hall if you want to ask any questions.
Does anybody-- does anybody in the U.K. even know what's happening here?
People can't get home. We don't have any money.
We-- we can't find our daughter.
You understand? This is madness.
Ian, Ian!
She's at Takua Pa Clinic.
Oh my God.
It's her?
It's her.
It is her.
Come on.
Hey hey, Takua Pa? Takua Pa.
I think he's just dehydrated,
but he has a cut on his side.
I'm going around in circles.
Been calling the help line.
They just say, "Go to your embassy."
I'll see what I can do but--
When Dad gets here--
Your dad's not getting here, is he?
Who says?
Adam...
Dad's-- Dad's dead, darling.
Okay.
Call them again.
What'll they do?
Give us another wash bag and a mat in the gym?
I want someone here now. Someone with authority.
Someone who can get my son home.
These-- these two boys are all I've got
and I will not lose another member of my family.
Phuket town hall. Tonight there's a meeting
for British survivors.
You're his mother.
There's no one better to convince them if you want John on a flight.
You stay here with your brother. Don't move.
All right?
Martha, Martha Carter?
Martha Carter-- she's down as, um, 573
- at your website. - Over there.
Martha baby?
It's, uh, we're looking at the wrong girl.
It's the wrong--
It's not her.
It looked like her.
- Photo all scratched up... - Yeah.
She looked like her.
We could take her.
She's got no parents.
Maybe she's lost her parents, we could take her.
Susie, baby.
We can't take her, no.
I should never have left Martha.
I should never have left her with you.
That's a very pretty dress that dolly has on.
You have a duck here.
That the duck to kiss the dolly?
You might want to change to a Thai network, love.
Sorry?
I said you might want to change to a Thai network.
For some reason, their masts were barely hit.
Or you could use the public phone.
But my friend might be some time.
You've got a friend.
Yes, I have.
Technology's never been my thing.
Anything technical, I always defer to him.
First rule in life.
Always trust the geeks.
Thanks for the tip.
You are most welcome.
You know who he is?
Should I?
Maybe.
Hello, Dr. Meeko.
Boonma.
Look at you, all smartened up.
Have a seat.
You've been waiting for this moment a long time.
How can I help you?
On behalf of the Thai government...
I've a proposition to make, Dr. Meeko.
Than? Be back in a sec.
Hey hey.
I have to get back to my village.
There are people still alive.
I have to do something.
The villagers have all run to the hills.
Okay. Okay.
Let's get you cleaned up.
I'll drive you down there.
It'll be okay.
Holy shit.
Tony, the meeting's starting. We've got to go.
Just coming.
I've been here since last night. And what have you done? Nothing.
Please, I know you all have questions, but in a natural disaster of this sort--
No. No.
No.
No, I last saw my daughter 36 hours ago.
She was screaming for help.
She was alone.
And she was afraid.
There is nothing natural about any of this.
- I appreciate-- - I want my daughter back.
I want her here, and I want her now.
You have to tell me how to do this.
Because I'm not leaving until you do.
Until all of us...
get our kids back.
Believe me, I am going to do everything I can to help you--
My wife is dead. I want her body back.
My-- my son is lying in Takua Pa Clinic.
He will die if he isn't evacuated tonight.
Can you guarantee we're gonna get our bodies back?
As far we know, there are up to 10,000 British nationals
in Thailand at this time. You can appreciate
they're trying to coordinate with the Thai government
and the other foreign embassies to locate and identify
as many bodies as we can as quickly as possible,
and to repatriate people, either to medevac...
...commercial flights to get home as soon as possible.