for Don and Leela

[marie]

Dear Don and Leela

we are very worried about your safety.


prayers and wishes are with you and with everyone who got caught up in this terrible tragedy


we love you and miss you
and will be so very thankful to hear eventually that you both are safe and well





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[amitnike]

yes don and leela... praying for ur wellbeing and all those affected by the calamity. hope to hear from u soon ..

god take care of u all thr.... our prayers are with U ALL

[ppuga]

Today in the newspaper I see a lot of photos from this natural disaster there. Its so sad to hear a member of this forum was there.
Hope he and his family are safe and well.
Our prayers will be with them.

Hope to hear good news soon.

[amitnike]

lite a candle for em all of u...n pray for second to god to give em all strength

[stoneylonesome]

Thank you Marie for posting what I am sure a lot of us on this forum are feeling, All are prays go out to those who were caught up in this terrible disaster.

[Mills]

Our Prayers are with you both.

Scott & Angie

[Ballen Photo]

This is one thread I'll definitely have to join in on in hopes that they will be OK.
-Bruce

[Belmondo]

Of course the TV is covering this disaster in horrifying detail. The video is amazing.

Obviously we have a special concern for our friend, but we cannot ignore the suffering of everyone who has been directly affected. At present, the estimated death toll is 23,000 with a strong possibility that number may double.

Just awful.

[KarinaB1970]

We are also keeping Don and Leela in our thoughts and are praying for their safe return, as well as praying for everyone affected by this horrible tragedy.

Karina & Gary

[amitnike]

yes , thr are equal no.s of people misisng a sof now ... the islands of car nicobar have been completely devastated.. our prayers with everyone out thr .

[Wazza]

Still turns my stomach.

Also my girlfriends sister, left UK for Thailand for 2 weeks, before staying in NZ for 3-4 weeks.
Left them a bit worried, that maybe they had arrived early, or were in Phuket or somewhere else affected.

Shocking to see the number of people hurt.

Let's again hope Don and Leela are safe and well, and telling their stories to the local people. Anyone checked newspaper photographic accreditations? Maybe he took some footage. Keeping positive. :)

[Don Ellis]

Dear Marie and all my other friends,

We just arrived back in Hong Kong a few hours ago and thanks to a personal email from Marie, I thought I should check this forum before retiring. What a surprise -- I obviously have many more friends that I imagined. :)

We were fortunate to see the wave in time to grab the camera bag, race for a stairway and get to the second floor before the entire first floor of the hotel was destroyed. The aftermath and the trip back has been a little exhausting., so I will have to write more later but I wanted you all to know how much your thoughts and good wishes mean to us.

Take care... and many thanks.

Don

[stoneylonesome]

It is so good to hear from you and know that you and Leela are home save and sound. What a harrowing experience it must have been. God bless that all our prayers were answered. This forum truly is one big family..

[RichardtheSane]

Very glad to hear you are safe Don.

As Sandy said the forum is one big family, and I am sure many up us can truly say you have been in our thoughts when seeing images of the tragedy on the news.

And I'm pleased to hear you saved your camera bag too.

[amitnike]

hey don .......... am so pleasedddd to hear from u :D

[marie]

Dear Marie and all my other friends,

We just arrived back in Hong Kong a few hours ago and thanks to a personal email from Marie, I thought I should check this forum before retiring. What a surprise -- I obviously have many more friends that I imagined. http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/santa/icon_smile.gif

We were fortunate to see the wave in time to grab the camera bag, race for a stairway and get to the second floor before the entire first floor of the hotel was destroyed. The aftermath and the trip back has been a little exhausting., so I will have to write more later but I wanted you all to know how much your thoughts and good wishes mean to us.

Take care... and many thanks.

Don

In deep shock I am on my knees in thanksgiving:D :D :D :D :D :D

thank you for getting in touch as soon as you could Don
to hear that you both are ok is the greatest Christmas present ever

[stoneylonesome]

In deep shock I am on my knees in thanksgiving:D :D :D :D :D :D

thank you for getting in touch as soon as you could Don
to hear that you both are ok is the greatest Christmas present ever

As Horrific and terrible as this event is, It does point out how small the world is and how truly we are all connected. It is a shame that it takes something of this magnitude to remind us of how fragile life is and how blessed we really are.

[marie]

http://www.photoshare.co.nz/PhotoShareGallery1/100543/102926/21718899lamb7151.jpgAs Horrific and terrible as this event is, It does point out how small the world is and how truly we are all connected. It is a shame that it takes something of this magnitude to remind us of how fragile life is and how blessed we really are.I agree Sandy, thank you.
its so nice that we are all alive
and able to be in contact.
life is so precious
and time is so short

~
thank you , God, for little things
that often come our way
the things we take for granted
and don't mention when we pray

the unexpected courtesy
the thoughtful kindly deed
a hand reached out to help us
in our time of special need

oh, make us more aware Dear God
of little daily graces
that come to us with sweet surprise
from never -dreamed- of places
~

helen steiner rice

[Moniphoto]

Nice to see you Don!!! :)

All our prayers with the other people that are miss. The photographer Simon Altee is miss in Phuket. He is know in the fashion industry :(.

Well nice to see you Don...God bless you!!

[CyberDyneSystems]

Were all so Glad that Don and leela made it home safe.

Don,.... thank you for getting out of there. Really thank you.

:( What a horrifying thing to have lived through.

I don't know what else to say.. so I'll just join Marie and post another glowing sheep, assuming that Marie would know if this is the correct thing to do at a time like this... :p :o :mrgreen:

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[coatsie]

Relieved that you are both okay - I just cannot believe the news as it unfolds - it seems so unreal but so real!