This is the kind of thing Rod Serling made shows about*:
Tsunami Survivor Rescued, Warning System AgreedBANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - A lone tsunami survivor has been rescued from a remote Indian island, officials said on Saturday, a rare moment of hope in the Indian Ocean as nations pledged to try to stop such a disaster happening again.
In the Andaman and Nicobar islands, an archipelago 750 miles from the Indian mainland, a military officer said a tribal man had been rescued after surviving alone for nearly four weeks eating only coconuts.
Mangal told rescuers the first giant wave sucked him out to sea before subsequent waves flung him back onto the tiny island of Pillow Panja where he discovered everyone else from his village was gone.
As far as he was concerned, he was the last person on earth. Must have been an odd experience. Sadder still is the fate of the whole village.
*Yes, I just showed my age.
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No you didn't. I just hit ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Ian Hamet | January 22, 2005 9:44 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
No you didn't. I just hit 30 in December and not only consider The Twilight Zone one of the finest shows ever, but count as one of my more prized possessions a book which collects scripts for four of Serling's live TV dramas -- Patterns, The Rack, Old McDonald Had a Curve and Requiem for a Heavyweight.
Just pretend you're a whippersnapper who came to Serling through reruns. Like me.
1. Posted by Ian Hamet | January 22, 2005 9:44 PM |
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Posted on January 22, 2005 21:44
2. Posted by cirby | January 22, 2005 10:48 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The Twilight Zone (the original black and white version) runs several times a week on the Sci-Fi Channel, and has for a long time. They often run 24 hour marathons of it on holidays, too, so a lot of young folks get to see genius on a regular basis...
2. Posted by cirby | January 22, 2005 10:48 PM |
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Posted on January 22, 2005 22:48
3. Posted by julie | January 22, 2005 11:26 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
So, Paul remember's when people lit up on television.
3. Posted by julie | January 22, 2005 11:26 PM |
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4. Posted by banjo jones | January 22, 2005 11:45 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"...Must have been an odd experience..."
Odd? Yo, try fucking terrifying!
4. Posted by banjo jones | January 22, 2005 11:45 PM |
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Posted on January 22, 2005 23:45
5. Posted by -S- | January 22, 2005 11:54 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
God bless this guy and prayers for the lost...this disaster was so profound, it's easy to quickly forget once the news dwindles down.
5. Posted by -S- | January 22, 2005 11:54 PM |
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Posted on January 22, 2005 23:54
6. Posted by firstbrokenangel | January 23, 2005 3:26 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I read this earlier on the many newswires I read for info and sources and found it amazing this man survived. Sometimes it's quite amazing what our bodies will do to survive.
Why wasn't he found earlier?
Cindy
6. Posted by firstbrokenangel | January 23, 2005 3:26 AM |
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Posted on January 23, 2005 03:26