The people referred to were tourists who had camped overnight beside the fjord and had miraculously escaped being overwhelmed. The tourists had a narrow escape from being wiped out in a landslide that wrecked their sleeping quarters and killed some wild animals. The tourists had a narrow escape from being wiped out in a landslide that wrecked their sleeping quarters and killed some wild animals. The tourists had a narrow escape from being wiped out in a landslide that occurred in August last, near South Sawyer Glacier, Alaska. They were camped on the beach of Tracy Arm Fjord, and at 2 a.m. were awakened by a deep, rumbling noise. Looking up, they saw an enormous wall of water bearing down upon them from the direction of the glacier. In an instant their camp was swept away, and they themselves had to scramble for safety to higher ground.
Original dispatch: Massive Alaska megatsunami was second largest ever recorded