Karang

'I rushed her to the Tanjung Karang Hospital but on the way there, she said she could feel our baby slipping away,' he said.

Archive 2007-01-01 2007

In the distance, beyond the shacks and houses of Ujung Karang, moonlight glittered on the sea.

The Killing Sea Richard Lewis 2006

And in the distance, along the seafront of Ujung Karang, screams rose from a hundred, a thousand, mouths.

The Killing Sea Richard Lewis 2006

The peninsula of Ujung Karang looked as though houses and people and vegetation and lampposts and wires and cars had been dumped into a giant mixer, ground up, and poured back out.

The Killing Sea Richard Lewis 2006

“Not too many Ujung Karang residents survived, you know.”

The Killing Sea Richard Lewis 2006

But what had frozen Ruslan on the porch was what he saw beyond the point of Ujung Karang.

The Killing Sea Richard Lewis 2006

He made his way across the ruins of Ujung Karang to the main road heading north to Calang.

The Killing Sea Richard Lewis 2006

As Ruslan ran to the waterfront, he noticed that the shanties and houses on Ujung Karang had ridden out the earthquake with little damage.

The Killing Sea Richard Lewis 2006

Ruslan and Sarah rode in the back of a military truck heading for Ujung Karang.

The Killing Sea Richard Lewis 2006

The narrow peninsula of Ujung Karang, sticking out of Meulaboh like a tail, was a maze of streets and lanes where thousands of people lived.

The Killing Sea Richard Lewis 2006