Michelle Mills-Porter, who survived the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami in Sri Lanka, will only have one Christmas decoration this year, a symbolic gesture honoring the 20th anniversary of the disaster.
Michelle Mills-Porter will have just one Christmas decoration this year, as a sign of respect and to mark 20 years since she survived the worst natural disaster of the century.
Ms Mills-Porter, from Cofton Hackett, Worcestershire, described there being "nothing but water to be seen everywhere." "The water was 30ft high, taking the roof of the dive centre off with it, and there was nothing but water to be seen everywhere."Ms Mills-Porter and her partner Stuart returned to Hikkaduwa the year after the tsunami to get married
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