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Nov 12, 2020 · Here's a quick look at Maria Belon, the doctor who survived the 2004 tsunami and is portrayed by Naomi Watts in 'The Impossible,' now streaming on Netflix. ... “My scars will be with me forever ...
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- Adrianna Freedman
Nov 27, 2023 · Surviving such a traumatic event leaves deep emotional scars. Maria, like many survivors, experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and had to seek professional help to address the psychological trauma she endured. The recovery journey for Maria Belon was long and arduous, but her story is one of resilience and hope.
Nov 12, 2020 · “It wasn’t your fault you died nor my fault I survived, it was fate. But fate has a sharp edge, it leaves wounds and buries scars. Fate isn’t always fair and that hurts. The pain is pain, but not guilt....That pain is like an invisible stone in my shoe, making it impossible to forget with every step, I’ll never get rid of it.
- Elena Nicolaou
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Nov 10, 2020 · Belón and Alvárez spent Christmas of 2004 in Thailand, staying at the Orchid Resort Hotel. As in the film, the family was at the hotel pool when the tsunami made landfall. Belón, who is a ...
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- Joshua St. Clair
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Dec 15, 2017 · Surrounded by her loving family as she relaxed by the pool on a dream holiday, Maria Belon felt she must be the luckiest woman in the world. Seconds later, Maria and her terrified husband and ...
- Tom Parry
Nov 14, 2023 · By Quinn Hough. Updated Nov 14, 2023. Link copied to clipboard. Summary. María Belón, the real-life survivor portrayed in The Impossible, now works as a doctor and travels as a motivational speaker, describing her tsunami experience as a "gift" that strengthened her spirit.
Dec 21, 2012 · Dec. 21, 2012 12 AM PT. Maria Belón wasn’t proud of her dumb luck. It had been nearly three years since the Indian Ocean tsunami roared into her family’s Christmas vacation in Thailand, killing...
