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Maria, Henry y sus tres hijos comienzan sus vacaciones de invierno en Tailandia. En la mañana del 26 de diciembre, la familia se relaja en la piscina después del día de Navidad cuando el mar, convertido en un enorme y violento muro de agua negra,invadeel recinto del hotel. Maria solo tiene tiempo de gritar "¡Henry, los niños" antes de ser engullida por la ola.Bajo el agua, Maria es golpeada y maltratada por los escombros hasta dejarla al borde de la muerte. Finalmente emerge en medio de un mar embravecido. Aguanta malherida agarrada al tronco de una palmera, convencida de que ha perdido a toda sufamilia.Pero entonces, su hijo mayor, Lucas, sale a la superficie unos metros más adelante. Sin tiempo para asimilar lo incomprensible e inesperado del desastre natural que acaban de sufrir, Maria debe luchar contra todo por la supervivencia de su hijo ylasuya propia.

Maria Bennet, her husband Henry and their sons Lucas, Tomas and Simon are on holiday in Khao Lak, Thailand, in 2004. The tsunami triggered by that year´s Indian Ocean earthquake floods the area.Maria and Lucas are swept away from the others by the tsunami; Maria is severely injured. They are later found by locals who transfer them to a local hospital. Due to a mix-up, the hospital staff believes she has died and takes Lucas to a tentwherechildren without families are being held. Maria has surgery on her injured chest and leg and is later reunited with Lucas.Elsewhere, Henry, Tomas and Simon are together. Henry places the children into a vehicle supposed to take tourists to a safe place. Arriving in that location later, he discovers that Tomas and Simon have been sent elsewhere. Communicationfacilitiesarescarce, but a tourist named Karl, who was also separated from his family by the tsunami, volunteers to accompany Henry to look for Maria and Lucas.Henry and Karl search for their families in various places before they arrive at the hospital where Maria and Lucas are. The vehicle carrying Tomas and Simon stops outside the hospital; the family eventually reunites. Maria has surgery which shesurvives and the following day the family boards an airplane to Singapore, where they intend to seek medical care.