Indonesia tsunami: Father forced to choose between saving wife or his mother and son as their home gets wiped out
A 46-year-old Indonesian man, Udin Ahok, was forced to make a tragic choice last week when a tsunami smashed into his house: whether to save his wife or his mother and baby. Reports state that Ahok had just gone to sleep on Saturday evening when the wave hit his house in Way Muli village on the coast of Sumatra.
Ahok rushed to save his 70-year-old mother and one-year-old boy, however, he then saw his wife nearly drowning in the swirling waters in the house and took her to safety first. Although the couple eventually survived the tragedy, Ahok's mother and their baby were found dead under a mountain of debris, according to the Daily Mail.
A massive tsunami, triggered by a volcano eruption, smashed into Indonesia's coast over the weekend, taking over 400 lives. There was no prior warning for the disaster, which meant people had no time to escape.