In 2004, Nemcova was 25 years old and vacationing with her fashion photographer boyfriend, Simon Atlee, when a tsunami ripped through their bungalow along the Andaman coast. A 9.5-magnitude ...

ABC News’ Diane Sawyer interviewed Nemcova in the months after the tragedy. Now, 20 years after one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history, Petra sat down with Sawyer again to reflect on ...

In 2004, supermodel Petra Nemcova was on a dream vacation in Thailand with her boyfriend, fashion photographer Simon Atlee, when a tsunami tore through their bungalow. Atlee was swept away in the ...

British photographer Simon Atlee, who was among the 5,000 who died in Thailand. "It's always difficult to go back in that moment when my life changed," Nemcova told Sawyer in the Thursday segment ...

On December 26, 2004, the then 25-year-old Nemcova and her boyfriend, fashion photographer Simon Atlee, were vacationing in Khao Lak, Thailand, when a 9.5-magnitude earthquake triggered a deadly ...

Sawyer first interviewed Nemcova about her unlikely survival in 2005, mere months after the storm claimed the lives of more than 230,000 people — including Nemcova’s boyfriend, British photographer ...

Czech supermodel Petra Nemcova was in a Thai beach resort with her British boyfriend and photographer, Simon Atlee, when the tsunami struck. The couple were in their holiday bungalow in Khao Lak ...