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Tsunami Photos Show Couple's Last Moments

A camera belonging to a Vancouver, B.C., couple who were killed in the tsunami disaster shows pictures of their last few days and the huge wave that would take their lives.

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The camera was found by a couple from North Bend who were working to help victims of the tsunami disaster.

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The North Bend couple tracked the camera to John and Jackie Knill, whose three sons got confirmation only two weeks ago that their parents died in the Dec. 26 tsunami.

The pictures taken in the minutes before the tsunami struck show a placid beach and then exposed tidal flats. Minutes later, a wave is seen building in the distance. More photos show people fleeing as a wall of water approaches. Then the tsunami roars onto the beach.

"I don't know why they didn't run. Maybe they knew they couldn't, or they didn't know the power of the wave," said Christian Knill, one of the couple's sons.

The sequence from the shot of the wave to the picture of it hitting the beach is five minutes long.

A memorial service for the couple is scheduled for next week.

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