Yusuf Ansari, now a 32-year-old motor rickshaw driver narrates the incident standing on the same when the tsunami hits the shore in 2004, in Chennai,India, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. "Out of nowhere, we saw a boat tossed by the waves, followed by a massive rush of dark water and a big wave of water. It all happened so fast. Everyone around panicked. They didn't even think about their boats or homes," Ansari said, adding that everyone just ran to higher ground as quickly as possible.
NAGAPATTINAM, India (AP) -- He was a young boy playing cricket with friends on a beach around 9:30 in the morning when a 9.1 magnitude earthquake violently shook the earth, and a tsunami struck from Indonesia to India two decades ago.
Life changed for Yusuf Ansari, now a 32-year-old motor rickshaw driver.