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# Paalama Plans Candlelight Vigil at Santa Monica Pier for 2004 Tsunami Victims
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/122607-story-20071226/
- Published: 2007-12-26T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T04:36:48.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Pier, #archive-import

WAVES OF EMOTION File photo To commemorate one of the worst natural disasters in modern times, Paalama, a Los Angeles-based organization that aims to bring the Sri Lankan community in the United States closer together, is planning a candlelight vigil at the Santa Monica Pier today at 6:30 p.m. The event will honor the 280,000 people who perished in a major tsunami that struck Southeast Asia in 2004.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 26, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/122607.pdf?ref=smdp.com)