Family in shock as tsunami victim’s body identified

THE brother of a 23-year-old Wexford man missing since a tsunami devastated South Asia said the discovery of his remains yesterday was still a shock, four months after the tragedy.

The remains of student Michael Murphy were positively identified in Thailand. He had been on holiday in Khao Lak when the waves devastated the Thai coastline on December 26 last.

“We got the news in the form of a phone call early this morning,” Paul Murphy said. “We don’t really know how we feel about it yet. I suppose it’s a bit of a relief but it’s also a shock, even though we’ve been living this now for four months and expecting a call, hoping even.