Celebrities Among Victims of Tsunami

[lovuian]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=2&u=/ap/20041228/ap_on_re_as/quake_celebrities

Celebrities Among Victims of Tsunami

1 hour, 17 minutes ago World - AP Asia


By ROB KENNEDY, Associated Press Writer

BANGKOK, Thailand - A German statesman, a Czech supermodel and a Swedish Olympic ski champion were among the vacationers whose search for peace and sun in tropical southern Asia was shattered by the tsunamis that spared neither rich nor poor.


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Petra Nemcova — who appeared on the cover of 2003 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue — was carried away with her boyfriend, the fashion photographer Simon Atlee, after a huge wave plowed into southern Thailand on Sunday.


Nemcova's New York spokesman, Rob Shuter, said the model and her boyfriend had been vacationing in the resort of Phuket when waves overwhelmed their beach hut.

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Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl was on holiday in Sri Lanka's pristine south — one of the areas most devastated by tsunamis.


Kohl and his entourage were evacuated Tuesday from a hotel by the Sri Lankan air force.


WOW Kohl was vacationing there WHOAH!!!

[da_chimperor]

1. OMG, I just saw this guy on opera a week ago, nate berkus

he did the kristy alley kitchen makeover thing. http://www.oprah.com/foodhome/home/decorating/home_nate_main.jhtml

I'm not trying to sound shallow or to take concern away from the others, but fuck me, I just saw this guy on TV not very long ago! :wow:

Edit: I just re-read it, and he's okay . . . so nevermind I guess.

[lovuian]

2. Hey did you read how Helmet Kohl got out on a Helicopter

Wonder where the Helicoptor was for the others

Richard Attenborough lost his grand daughter too and his daughter is missing Horrible Horrible!!!

[lovuian]

3. He lost his friend though. He survived barely

Italian soccer team missing its horrible!!!

[da_chimperor]

4. This is nuts, really

it just goes to show that no matter our differences in terms of fame, wealth, or status, we're all human and we're all mortal. I just hope that some good can come out of this, somehow.

[lovuian]

6. Its a wake up call for better Tsunami Warnings and if the sea

waters get deeper with Global Warming these islands are going to be flooded!!! The Power of the Sea is quite humbling!!!

[DemBones DemBones]

5. I saw Petra Nemcova on television within the past week.

The article said she clung to a tree for eight hours before being rescued but her boyfriend is still missing. She had broken bones and internal injuries.

[Moderator]

7. locking

use this tsunami thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1104345