Children at a group home in Kilinochchi, northern Sri Lanka, have not been told that 114 residents died in the tsunami. (Globe Photo / Jehangir S. Pocha) Globe Photo / Jehangir S. Pocha

Survivors, counselors overwhelmed

Many victims too traumatized to discuss the tragedy yet

By Jehangir S. Pocha

Globe Correspondent / January 10, 2005

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MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka -- As far as the eye can see in this northern coastal town, shards of brick, asbestos roofing, and glass from destroyed houses litter a once-pristine beach. Uprooted trees, strewn with shreds of clothing ripped off people's bodies as the water engulfed them, lie half-buried in the sand. (Full article: 1213 words)