Survivor Runs Tsunami Orphanage

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20 years after a devastating tsunami, a survivor celebrates what the disaster has given him

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Watana Sittirachot was raised at an orphanage in Thailand for children affected by the 2004 Asian tsunami.

Now, 20 years after the disaster changed the course of his life, he's running the place himself.

The Dec. 26, 2004 , tsunami began with a powerful 9.3 -magnitude earthquake off the coast of Aceh in northern Indonesia .

It is considered the deadliest natural disaster this century and one of the deadliest in recorded history.

There are 93 children and young adults in its care, including 15 who are in college.

The focus has shifted from children who were orphaned by the tsunami to those whose parents are unable to care for them due to poverty or imprisonment.

Every Dec. 26 , Sittirachot takes the children to clean a mass grave for tsunami victims.

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