Rebekah Giles should have died in the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. Instead, she spent 20 years rebuilding her body and mind to reach the top of her field. “I didn’t want to be that sick person or ...

It was December 28, 2004, and I had been in Thailand less than 12 hours with photographer Michael Perini, sent by News Corp Australia’s Sunday newspapers to cover the Boxing Day tsunami.

2004 tsunami (top) and the same view on November 22, 2024. Picture: AFP World Vision Australia’s CEO Daniel Wordsworth “This generosity has rebuilt lives and livelihoods, roads, infrastructure ...