Thomas Schwerk

 

 

Age: 38

 

Summary: German businessman and general manager of the apparel manufacturing company Otto International Ltd. in Hong Kong, China who was among one of more than 530 German tourists reported missing and presumed dead in the devastating South Asian Tsunami that swept across the Indian Ocean and killed over 230,000 people during the tidal wave while he was on vacation along with his wife Petra Bonnekamp and their two young children at a beachfront resort in southern Thailand.

 

 

Cause of Death: Drowned after being struck by a tsunami

 

Born: 1966

 

Died: December 26, 2004

 

Location: Koh Phi Phi, Thailand