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Listed below are comments made by tom_bkk between Tuesday, 27th May 2008 and Tuesday, 27th May 2008.

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Did we show too much? 03:15am on 27 May 2008 The day after the Asian tsunami, one of the broadsheets printed a picture of a girl's hand emerging from the debris of a resort in Thailand where I had stayed with my girlfriend, who was still in the country. In the confused reporting in the first hours after the disaster, that picture made the terrible danger of the events clear to me. I got on a plane to Thailand to look for my girlfriend, who was now missing. We found her body a week later. I can still see that picture clearly in my mind. As heartbreaking as it is, I think it was right to print it. Everyone should be allowed to tell their story, however shocking; it is part of coming to terms with what has happened. My thoughts go out to those who have suffered in the earthquake.

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