Natural tragedy
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Last published Tue, Aug 13, 2019
On the 26th of December 2004 a 9.1 magnitude quake struck off the Northern tip of Indonesia.
Sophia Langdon finds herself in Patong, Thailand on a work business trip when she meets Elijah Whitmore who also is on a business trip. After a Christmas night of laughter and deep conversations the last thing they expected was tragedy to struck down on their lives.
2 complete strangers fighting for life in a foreign country, it's in times of desperation for survival when even strangers become you biggest comfort.
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