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Witness: Scenes From the Indonesian Tsunami Witness: Scenes From the Indonesian Tsunami
(35 minutes later)
When the New York Times photographer Adam Dean arrived in Palu, Indonesia, on Monday, he found death and devastation in every direction. When the New York Times photographer Adam Dean arrived in Palu, Indonesia, this week, he found death and devastation at every direction.
The earthquake and tsunami that struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday had killed more than 1,200 people and destroyed thousands of buildings. Hungry people were begging for aid and armed men were scavenging ripped-open stores. Rescuers, lacking heavy equipment, were clawing through the rubble by hand, still hoping to find survivors. The earthquake and tsunami that struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday had killed more than 1,200 people — a number likely to rise — and destroyed thousands of buildings. Hungry people were begging for aid and armed men were scavenging ripped-open stores. Soldiers with medical masks shielding their faces buried the decomposing dead in mass graves. Rescuers, lacking heavy equipment, were clawing through the rubble by hand, still hoping to find survivors.
They had not even reached more remote areas, where there could be thousands more dead. By Tuesday, they were still trying to reach more remote areas, where there could be thousands more dead.
Among the survivors, the injuries ran the gamut. Mr. Dean met a woman at a hospital named Sarah Wati, who was in tears. Ms. Wati, 20, an unemployed mother of one, had been caught in a crowd that was trying to loot an A.T.M. The police fired shots to disperse the looters and a bullet struck her foot. Among the survivors, the injuries ran the gamut. On Monday, Mr. Dean met a woman at a hospital named Sarah Wati, who was in tears. Ms. Wati, 20, an unemployed mother of one, had been caught in a crowd that was trying to loot an A.T.M. The police fired shots to disperse the looters and a bullet struck her foot.
The next day, he met another mother who had been even less fortunate. Ling Ling lay weeping and wailing on her son’s fresh grave, clutching at the headstone.
“I’m broken. I don’t have any hope anymore,” she wailed as her husband tried to console her. “I wish I had died instead of him.”
Here are images by Mr. Dean and others of the quake and tsunami aftermath.Here are images by Mr. Dean and others of the quake and tsunami aftermath.