Matt Rainey

Photojournalism: Tsunami: Search for the Dead

Villagers take to a small fishing boat and travel into the backwaters in search of bodies. The man in the center points to the area directing the boatsman to lead the party to a marshy bog. Upon finding two, they buried them in a single shallow grave. The village of Keechankuppam suffered huge losses in the Tsunami disaster which struck south Asia December 26, 2004. The village's industry, fishing, suffered and hundreds of residents lost their lives. The town is attempting to rebuild, removing boats from a bridge where the boats were thrown to removing the dead from outlying area. Still, the destruction is incomprehensible both in infrastructure and life.
Search for the Dead, Keechankuppam, India

Villagers take to a small fishing boat and travel into the backwaters in search of bodies. The man in the center points to the area directing the boatsman to lead the party to a marshy bog. Upon finding two, they buried them in a single shallow grave. The village of Keechankuppam suffered huge losses in the Tsunami disaster which struck south Asia December 26, 2004. The village's industry, fishing, suffered and hundreds of residents lost their lives. The town is attempting to rebuild, removing boats from a bridge where the boats were thrown to removing the dead from outlying area. Still, the destruction is incomprehensible both in infrastructure and life.