A British man has recalled fears the world was ending as the Boxing Day tsunami devastated his home in Thailand 20 years ago. John Metcalfe had only been living there for two-and-a-half years. The Boxing Day Tsunami, 20 years ago today, killed 227,898 people across 14 Asian countries. The dad-of-two was working as a scuba diving instructor on the island of Kho Phi Phi in Thailand. He had been living in the country for two and a half years when the worst natural catastrophe in living memory hit