Czech supermodel Petra Nemcova has returned to Thailand to thank doctors and nurses who helped her recover from serious injuries sustained when the tsunami struck the resort island of Phuket.
Petra Nemcova, whose boyfriend, British fashion photographer Simon Atlee was killed by the giant waves, spent three weeks in a southern Thailand hospital being treated for injuries to her pelvis. She has since returned to work.
Petra Nemcova, 26, met with the staff of Songkhla Nagarin Hospital who treated her following the Dec. 26 tsunami, The Nation newspaper said.
Petra Nemcova was pulled away from her boyfriend, British fashion photographer Simon Atlee, when the wave hit and clung to a palm tree for nearly eight hours before being rescued.
Simon Atlee's body was later found and identified in March.
While being evacuated from Phuket, where the wave swept through the couple's beach hut, a fellow victim gave Petra Nemcova a necklace with a Buddhist amulet.
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