Sri Lankan Fishermen Warily Return to Sea

Anne Hawke, NPR
Sri Lankan fisherman Warasenna Mendis, right, stands on his boat as his crew prepares to set out to sea for the first time since the Dec. 26 tsunami.
Along Sri Lanka's tsunami-ravaged coast people are clearing up debris and putting their lives back together. Elsewhere, Sri Lankans who rely on the sea for their livelihood begin to confront the element that unleashed the catastrophe.
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