{"id":26137,"date":"2021-04-27T09:05:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T07:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grupobcc.com\/?p=26137"},"modified":"2021-06-08T18:04:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T16:04:17","slug":"maria-belon-the-impossible-is-the-true-story-of-a-family-that-survived-the-2004-tsunami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grupobcc.com\/en\/news\/maria-belon-the-impossible-is-the-true-story-of-a-family-that-survived-the-2004-tsunami\/","title":{"rendered":"Mar\u00eda Bel\u00f3n, the moment the tsunami appeared is as vivid as in The Impossible."},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22097 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/grupobcc.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Maria-Belon-conferencia-lo-impose-leynote-speaker-the-imposible-after-dinner-speaker-e1433349934466.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"624\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>We share with you a post published\u00a0<span lang=\"es\" tabindex=\"0\">in \u2018Oprah Daily\u2019<\/span> in which you can learn more about our speaker <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/grupobcc.com\/en\/speakers\/maria-belon\/\"><strong>Mar\u00eda Bel\u00f3n<\/strong><\/a><\/span>:<\/h4>\n<p class=\"lead\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>&#8220;(&#8230;) Miraculously, the family whose story is told in\u00a0<em>The Impossible\u00a0<\/em>all survived the disaster.\u00a0Though the Bennet family in\u00a0<em>The Impossible<\/em> is British, the real family that inspired the film is from Spain. Mar\u00eda Bel\u00f3n, a physician, and her husband Enrique \u00c1lvarez were in Khao Lak, Thailand with their three sons, Lucas, Sim\u00f3n and Tom\u00e1s when the tsunami struck. Here&#8217;s a look back at their remarkable story, and where the family is now. (&#8230;)<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"body-text\">Bel\u00f3n&#8217;s account of the moment the tsunami appeared is nearly as vivid as the scene in\u00a0<em>The Impossible<\/em>. \u201cWe started to hear a very horrible sound. I was looking around thinking maybe this is just in my mind. No one recognized the sound. It felt like the Earth was coming apart but everything looked perfect. I was facing the sea and saw a huge black wall. I didn\u2019t think it was the sea. I thought it was a black wall coming to get us,&#8221;\u00a0she told\u00a0<em>The Mirror\u00a0<\/em>in 2017.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"body-text\">Afterwards, Bel\u00f3n was swept away and separated from her husband and sons, who were in the swimming pool. According to her interview, Bel\u00f3n believed it &#8220;was the end&#8221; for all of them. Doctors told Bel\u00f3n that she was underwater for at least three minutes. (&#8230;)&#8221;<\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oprahdaily.com\/entertainment\/a34657585\/the-impossible-real-family-now\/\">https:\/\/www.oprahdaily.com\/entertainment\/a34657585\/the-impossible-real-family-now\/<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We share with you a post published\u00a0in \u2018Oprah Daily\u2019 in which you can learn more about our speaker Mar\u00eda Bel\u00f3n: &nbsp; &#8220;(&#8230;) Miraculously, the family whose story is told in\u00a0The Impossible\u00a0all survived the disaster.\u00a0Though the Bennet family in\u00a0The Impossible is British, the real family that inspired the film is from Spain. Mar\u00eda Bel\u00f3n, a physician,&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/grupobcc.com\/en\/news\/maria-belon-the-impossible-is-the-true-story-of-a-family-that-survived-the-2004-tsunami\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read Mar\u00eda Bel\u00f3n, the moment the tsunami appeared is as vivid as in The Impossible.\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":22097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/grupobcc.com\/en\/news\/maria-belon-the-impossible-is-the-true-story-of-a-family-that-survived-the-2004-tsunami\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mar\u00eda Bel\u00f3n, the moment the tsunami appeared is as vivid as in The Impossible. 1 - BCC Speakers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We share with you a post published\u00a0in \u2018Oprah Daily\u2019 in which you can learn more about our speaker Mar\u00eda Bel\u00f3n: &nbsp; &#8220;(&#8230;) Miraculously, the family whose story is told in\u00a0The Impossible\u00a0all survived the disaster.\u00a0Though the Bennet family in\u00a0The Impossible is British, the real family that inspired the film is from Spain. 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