By Daniel Hamon
Four years ago today, "the most powerful earthquake in forty years struck the floor of the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Within minutes, a series of tidal waves radiated from the epicenter...Entire villages were wiped out... Three months after the tragedy, more than 300,000 people in eleven countries were dead or missing. Hundreds of thousands lost their livelihoods and millions were made homeless." The account of this tragedy and the commitments of charitable aid from around the globe is detailed by Arthur C. Brooks in Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism.
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