Two Drifting Life Rafts on a Sea of Circumstance
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Thereâs not a single wrong note in âLiberty Kid,â Ilya Chaikenâs poignant drama about marginal lives strained to breaking by the aftermath of Sept. 11.
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This is the time of year when, in the lengthening shadows of afternoon, the air grows still and mysterious around here. An aura of secrecy and duplicity replaces that friendly banter among serious fisherpeople. Down the long strand of beach, shadowy figures keep to themselves, never showing whatever success they may be enjoying.
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Pictures of the harrowing search for news of loved ones after the Indian Ocean sea surge disaster.
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Sometimes, when you're living through an event, you can be too close to what's happening to realize the magnitude of it.
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The tide is high but I'm holding on.
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Two celebrations separated by Sundays on either side of the Irish Sea could not have looked more different. Nor could they have been more emotionally connected.
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The documentary âDeep Waterâ begins like a Boyâs Own adventure tale but ends up more akin to tragedy.
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The two heroes may be losers, but Sideways is not. It finds hilarity in life's large and little disasters
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The sight of a sobbing orphan stranded in a landscape of death and disaster moves people deeply.
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In a wise new novel, life happens, haphazardly
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Time never stands still, but there are some places that seem to withstand its effects better than others.
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These lives, abruptly transformed by illness, had one element in common: they pinned their hopes on experimental or unproven treatments.
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PHOENIX - The Storm must be wondering what more can happen to them. For the second time this week, an unavoidable life predicament has challenged their strength.
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STOCKHOLM: A series of heart-rending photographs showing a mother running towards the tsunami off Thailand in a desperate bid to save her family were published around the world last week.
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By J.R. Welsh, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 12--GULFPORT -- Sometimes Bob and Edna Boyd feel as if their fate is being held in the hand of a giant they cannot see. All they can do is feel the squeeze.
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Every so often, nature reminds humans why we once feared it. And once in a while, we remember in turn what makes us human. In the terrible wake of the tsunamis in Southeast Asia--so vast their counterparts
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Among the legions of traumatized Sri Lankan fishermen whose lives were ravaged by the tsunami are many who are not sure they can go back to the simple lives they and their families once led by the sea.