'I survived Boxing Day tsunami and then cheated death again three times' A woman who managed to survive the Boxing Day tsunami thanks to an extreme stroke of luck proceeded to cheat death another three times.
Ani Naqvi, now 52, was visiting a friend in Sri Lanka when the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami struck, killing at least 230,000 people, including 149 Brits, and leaving the Londoner fighting "tooth and nail" to survive.
Transformation expert Ani had been napping in her hut when the wave struck, and remembers to this day how "the door flung open and water began to flood in.".
I was washed inland with the tsunami and other bodies, most dead around me, and was luckily thrown into the path of a tree which I held on for dear life and saved my life.
Eventually, the hut disintegrated with the force of the wave, which was a blessing as now I could see where the sunlight was and realised I was upside down in the hut.
