Tsunami Survivor Recalls Impact in Trincomalee

NPR | By Philip Reeves

Published December 31, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

A tsunami survivor in Sri Lanka tells a harrowing tale of his days since the waves hit. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

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