Sri Lankans unite to remember tsunami

Sri Lanka's divided people have been united by a moment of silence to honour the more than 35,000 dead and missing after last year's tsunami.Survivors, families, and friends have gathered at mosques, churches and beaches in countries across the Indian Ocean in remembrance of the more than 220,000 people killed and the millions of lives shattered.Temples around Sri Lanka were filled by crowds mourning those lost on this day, one year ago.At the Peace Pagoda overlooking Galle drums were beaten while monks chanted prayers, up until the moment at 9:26am when the waves first hit, and then a minute's silence was observed.So too at Galle's main bus stand where all traffic came to a stop so that only the birds could be heard.When the first wave came residents near Hikkaduwa boarded the train to avoid it - the second larger wave engulfed the carriages killing more than 1,000 people.My village(Balapitiya) also blasted by tSunami.so i saw more than 1000 dead bodies and i went to see the Train(Paaraliya)and i was wonder how to move a compartment more than 1 Km from the railway line. www.nishshanka.net