I lived in Eastbourne and went to the beach in the morning and saw the broken life boats and discarded life jackets amongst the rocks, it was so scarry for a young boy to see.
I lived in Seatoun heights Rd. And watched the whole thing unfold. I look at it everyday from my kitchen window.
We where there up in park all the huge trees where blown over in one derection I was 10 years old had photos taken with ship in background not shore where photos are we had got train frome Auckland to Wellington
I was a 7 year old boarder at Star of the Sea in Seatoun. We had a front seat to the day.
My wife's birthday. A memberable time for the wrong reasons. Disasters are not accidents they are man made.
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