The family is celebrating Christmas and it is the day before the tsunami.
Lucas goes for the red ball and when he looks up the waves are coming near him.
Henry runs away from the incoming waves with his sons Thomas and Simon.
Maria and Lucas meet in the flowing water and they try to get up on the mattress.
They are going up a tree so that they won't be taken by the moving water. This is after the tsunami.
Here they help a kid (Daniel) and they are seen by a local, who help they out.
Henry, Simon, Thomas go to the hospital and they are looking for Lucas and Maria. Lucas sees his dad and brothers and they reunite.
They go to where Maria is to hear about her injuries and what has to be done to her.
The family is on an ambulance airplane to Singapore to get medical treatment.
In 2004, A family: Doctor Maria Bennett, her husband Henry, and their three sons Lucas, Thomas, and Simon go on a Christmas vacation to Khao Lak, Thailand. Arriving on Christmas Eve, they settle in and begin to enjoy the brand new Orchid Beach Resort. Two days later on Boxing Day, the massive Indian Ocean tsunami inundates the area. Maria and Lucas eventually emerge from the swirling water and find one another. Maria has sustained serious injuries to her leg and chest. They help a toddler, Daniel, from the wreckage and are soon found by locals who dress and transfer them to a hospital in the city of Takua Pa. Daniel is separated from them during the journey. At the hospital, Maria encourages Lucas to help others find their family members while she goes into surgery for her chest injuries. Henry and the two other sons, Thomas and Simos survived and are together. While Maria is in surgery, her medical chart is mixed up with a patient named Muriel Barnes, who has died. Lucas returns and finds his mother's bed empty and is then taken to a tent where children without families are kept safe. The mistake is discovered when Lucas cannot identify any of the dead woman's jewelry and he is then reunited with his mother, who had been moved to a private room. Daniel the boy who they helped is reunited with his father. Henry is searching for Maria and Lucas and he arrives at the hospital where Maria and Lucas are at. From a distance, Lucas recognizes his father, and while searching for him in the chaotic crowd outside, Lucas's brothers spot him and they reunite. Maria is going into surgery for her leg. The family then goes on an ambulance airplane to Singapore, so that Maria can receive medical treatment
Words: Survival, family, tsunami, vacation,
Statement: A family goes on vacation to Thailand for Christmas. Two days later the Indian Ocean tsunami hits and the family is separated, Maria with Lucas and Henry with Thomas and Simon. Maria has injuries and is taken to hospital. Then the family reunites and they go to Singapore.
