The Register-Guard, Oregon
The image shows Dr. Kamal Peiris trying to console a woman who's come to see him in the wake of the tsunami that washed over their coastal town of Moratuwa in the island country of Sri Lanka.
The woman, Sudharmika Kumari, sobs when Peiris asks her to tell him what's wrong. "My daughter," she sputters, unable to say more.
Peiris learns that Kumari's 2-year-old daughter, Malik, her only child, was swept away by the Dec. 26 waves. Her body was found two days later.
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