Engineer Grateful to be Alive after Tsunami Beaches His 500-Tonne Ship

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5 October 2018 09:34 WIB

The KM Sabuk Nusantara 39 ship is seen stranded on the shore after the earthquake and tsunami hit an area in Wani, Donggala, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia October 1, 2018. Ship's engineer Charles Marlan had the unsettling sensation his vessel was being sucked out to sea, the telltale sign of an imminent tsunami, just minutes after a major earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday. ANTARA FOTO/Muhammad Adimaja

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The KM Sabuk Nusantara 39 ship is seen stranded on the shore after the earthquake and tsunami hit an area in Wani, Donggala, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia October 3, 2018. His passenger and cargo vessel, the 500-tonne KM Sabuk Nusantara 39, was docked in Wani, east of the city of Palu, which suffered the brunt of the disaster. "The whole ship was shaking, everything in our bunks started falling," Marlan said. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

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Local residents affected by the earthquake and tsunami stand next to the KM Sabuk Nusantara 39 ship stranded on the shore in Wani, Donggala, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, October 3, 2018. The ship was picked up by the tsunami rushing in from the sea and slammed onto land, crashing into a dockside settlement. And that's where it lies, high and dry, nearly a week after the earthquake and tsunami devastated the area, killing at least 1,424 people. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

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A local resident affected by the earthquake and tsunami walks next to the KM Sabuk Nusantara 39 ship stranded on the shore in Wani, Donggala, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, October 3, 2018. Marlan and his fellow crewmen knew they were in trouble when they felt the ship being pulled back out to sea from the dock, as the sea receded, heralding the arrival of a tsunami. They had no sooner scrambled into life jackets when a five-metre wave bore down on them. "I could hear the waves coming," Marlan said, describing how he was gripped by fear. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

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The KM Sabuk Nusantara 39 ship is seen stranded on the shore after the earthquake and tsunami hit an area in Wani, Donggala, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia October 3, 2018. "The waves carried us very fast and before we knew it, we were sitting on land, he said in an interview aboard the ship, which sits balanced precariously, its propeller and rudder exposed, hanging dusty metres above the ground. No one on the boat was hurt. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

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The KM Sabuk Nusantara 39 ship is seen stranded on the shore after the earthquake and tsunami hit an area in Wani, Donggala, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia October 1, 2018. Marlan said he was thankful his ship had not killed anyone when it was hurled onto the land, as far as they knew. "What is important is we are alive and for that we should be grateful." ANTARA FOTO/Muhammad Adimaja

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