Just inland from the crashing waves on Sri Lanka's palm-fringed shores, the train slowly came to a stop on Thursday -- marking the moment a deadly tsunami ... giant waves of December 26, 2004.

Presents a minute-by-minute account of the most destructive tsunami in modern times, told through archives and personal testimonies of survivors present in Thailand and Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004.

Textiles make up 64% of Sri Lanka's exports for 1.8 billion dollars ... similar to a devastating economic tsunami’.