Marks 20 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history.

In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia

triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed around 230,000 people across 12 countries.

The wall of water swept up nearly everything in its path,

cars, buildings, and people.

Six-year-old Sadiq was one of them.

The wave ripped him from his mother, so does arms.

His body has never been recovered, and she's found it impossible to move on.

If Siddik is still alive and I'm still alive, I want him to come home and for us to see each other before I die.

But if he is gone, I wholeheartedly accept that that is God's will, but I still believe he is alive.

Outside her home in Banda Ache, Indonesia, neighborhood life goes on around the wreckage of two Coast Guard ships that washed up 20 years ago, a daily reminder to residents of the disaster.

So does story. is not unique.

In communities across the Indian Ocean,

the devastation was unlike anything the world had seen.

As the weeks wore on and the search for survivors dwindled,

the loss of life ticked upwards until the death toll ultimately stood near

230,000. At memorial sites for

the victims around the region this week, survivors and loved ones marked the anniversary.

I felt that the waves took my daughter away. I was so mad at the sea. I cannot bring myself near it and not even have my feet

in the sand. I wouldn't come around here if necessary. Never. The sea took my daughter from me.

And in Banda Aceh, the sea produced waves of up to 100 feet, yet there were no warning sirens,

resulting in the deaths of nearly 130,000 people here.

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