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Volume 162 · Issue 60 | 99¢

Finding a life path

AMANDA AND WILL ROBINS saw their honeymoon change their lives in a very dramatic way.
Courtesy photo

AMANDA AND WILL ROBINS saw their honeymoon change their lives in a very dramatic way. Courtesy photo

By Michael Raffety
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: THE RESORT island of Phuket is shown prior to the destruction that devastated in the 2004 earthquake and tsunami. Will and Amanda Robins were staying in a hotel that can be seen in the bottom right of the picture. After being washed away, they ended up in the ocean to the left of the island. Photo courtesy of Will Robins

: WILL ROBINS, a former golf pro and current instructor spoke at the El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Feb. 13 about his experience surviving a tsunami in 2004 and how it changed his life. Democrat photo by Michael Raffety

: THE HOTEL the couple was honeymooning in was totally destroyed by the tsunami. The aftermath shows what was left of it. Photo courtesy of Will Robins

Michael Raffety

Michael Raffety

Michael Raffety has been editor of the Mountain Democrat since 1989 and was managing editor beginning in 1986. He was city editor prior to that, having started here in 1978. He was the first person at the Mountain Democrat to be given the title of city editor. He also was an adjunct professor at the El Dorado Center from 1980-2003.

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News

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Opinion

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Letters

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Disrespecting traditions

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Sports

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Under the Scoreboard: May 19, 2013

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Prospecting

Rummage sale to help finance camp

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New spring fashions on parade

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As we were: Politics, sports and more

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Essentials

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Crime Log: April 23-24

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Obituaries

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Real Estate

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Comics

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