Madni

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Eyewitness Information

Country
Pakistan
Name of Witness
Madni
Gender
Male
Location of interview
Ormara City, District Gwadar
Where the eyewitness was and went during the event
Ormara City, District Gwadar
Age at time of inteview/ Date of Birth of the eyewitness
76 years
Age of eyewitnes during the event
10 – 11 years
Career of the eyewitness
N/A
Date of Interview
2014-02-24

Brief Information of the eyewitness and the interview situation

I was 10-11 years old when early in the morning around 3 a.m. and after approximately 30 minutes sea waves hit the coastline. However, sea water went much behind the shoreline before it came forward and attacked the population.

Interview result (text of the interview: Purely descriptive)

I woke up because of the earthquake. One old person ‘Ustaad Gundi” was trapped in his collapse house and we the neighbors rushed to rescue him from the rubble. Someone shouted that sea waves are coming, so we all rushed for evacuation. Around 10-11 people died in Ormara because of the earthquake and tsunami including all family members of Mustafa. My house was inundated being located near shoreline. Height of waves could be 14’ feet roughly but waves could not move ahead of the Secret Tomb of “Naik Noor Mohammad”.
Reference Number: EIPK0036

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