Loyola School students, Sumedh Sen, shares his experience of Port Blair tsunami. Picture by Uma Shankar Dubey

Jamshedpur, Jan. 6: As the Loyola School gates reopened after winter vacation, memories of horror and disaster came flooding in with the students.

The Class XI students, who had a near-death experience while on an excursion to Port Blair, narrated the tales of tsunami. A minute?s silence was observed in the assembly this morning in memory of the victims.

Students, who had a close shave in the disaster, were asked to share their moments of panic and terror.

During the assembly, one of the team members, Sumedh Sen, gave a first-hand account on the disaster.

He recalled the horrifying moments and the groups? reaction during disaster.

Vice-principal of the school Father Sabastian, who was also a part of the excursion group, all of them were relieved to be back at the campus alive and kicking.

He said, ?We?ve begun collecting funds for the tsunami-affected. We have asked students to contribute at least Rs 10 for the victims.?

He added that the Indian Council for Secondary Education (ICSE) has also constituted a relief fund to which the school will contribute.

But the school is also planning to collect a separate relief fund for the victims? families and the survivors.

?We will have a separate collection with the help of senior students which can be sent directly to the victims through an agency,? said Father Sabastian.

The priest added that the experiences by the Class XI students would inspire others to come forward and contribute for the noble cause.

The students, who had witnessed moments of destruction during their stay in Port Blair, shared their adventure with others.

Students in groups were seen narrating the terror tales. Ishaan Anand said, ?The other students were keen to know about our experiences and how we had felt when the disaster struck.?

Another student, Ajay Kumar Gupta, said the tsunami narration will be the highlight of the campus for some time as it is still fresh in their memories.

It was evident from the campus scene that studies took a backseat today.